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Noun: Prakrit  praak-rit
  1. Any of the modern Indic languages
     
  2. Any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD

Derived forms: Prakrits

See also: Prakritic

Type of: Indic, Indo-Aryan

Encyclopedia: Prakrit