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Maharashtri Prakrit was commonly spoken until 875 CE [1] [2] [3] and was the official language of the Satavahana dynasty. [6] Works like Karpūramañjarī and Gatha Saptashati (150 BCE) were written in it. Jain Acharya Hemachandra is the grammarian of Maharashtri Prakrit. Maharashtri Prakrit was the most widely used Prakrit language in western ...
Characters each spoke a different Prakrit based on their role and background; for example, Dramili was the language of "forest-dwellers", Sauraseni was spoken by "the heroine and her female friends", and Avanti was spoken by "cheats and rogues". [33] Maharashtri and Shaurseni Prakrit were more common and were used in literature extensively.
The middle stage is represented by the various literary Prakrits, especially the Shauraseni language and the Maharashtri and Magadhi Prakrits. The term Prakrit is also often applied to Middle Indo-Aryan languages ( prākṛta literally means 'natural' as opposed to saṃskṛta , which literally means 'constructed' or 'refined').
Maharashtri prakrit was their language of administration, which influenced medieval Konkani to a great extent. [25] Goa under the Western Kshatrapas. In the year 150AD, Vashishtiputra Satakarni was defeated by his son-in-law, the Kshatrapa King Rudradaman I who established his rule over Goa. [26] This dynasty ruled the territory until 249AD.
Therefore, without much deliberation, Dr. Hermann Jacobi finds that Vimalsuri belonged to the Śvetāmbara sect. [7] Going by his descriptions of worshipping Tirthankara idols in "Paumachariyam", mentions of the Nailakulavamś or Nagendragaccha (which traces its identity to the Śvetāmbara sect), and the use of Maharashtri Prakrit (a language ...
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit was a Middle Indo-Aryan language and a Dramatic Prakrit thought to have been spoken in modern-day Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and used in some early Buddhist and Jain dramas. It was likely a Central Indo-Aryan language, related to Pali and the later Shauraseni Prakrit.
In Sanskrit drama, kings speak in Prakrit when addressing women or servants, in contrast to the Sanskrit used in reciting more formal poetic monologues. [citation needed] The three Dramatic Prakrits – Sauraseni, Magadhi, Maharashtri, as well as Jain Prakrit each represent a distinct tradition of literature within the history
The Marathi language, which evolved from Maharashtri Prakrit, has been the common language since the 9th century. The oldest stone inscriptions in the Marathi language date to around 975 CE, [ 1 ] and can be seen at the foot of the Lord Bahubali statue in the Jain temple at Shravanabelgola in modern-day Karnataka .