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Dramatic Prakrits were those standard forms of Prakrit dialects that were used in dramas and other literature in medieval India. They may have once been spoken languages or were based on spoken languages, but continued to be used as literary languages long after they ceased to be spoken. [ 1 ]
The roots of Indian drama go back to the Rigveda, which contains a number of dialogues, acts and scenes, as well as literary devices such as animal fables and riddles. In many Vedic rituals, musical instruments like the flute and lyre are invariably used [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Shatapatha Brahmana (~800–700 BCE) has verses in chapter 13.2 written in the ...
Shauraseni Prakrit (Sanskrit: शौरसेनी प्राकृत, romanized: Śaurasenī Prākṛta) was a Middle Indo-Aryan language and a Dramatic Prakrit. Shauraseni was the chief language used in drama in medieval northern India. Most of the material in this language originates from the 3rd to 10th centuries, and represented a ...
The Sanskrit Drama in its origin, development, theory & practice. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Raghavan, V. (1959). "A Bibliography of English Translations of Sanskrit Dramas". Indian Literature. 3 (1): 141– 153. ISSN 0019-5804. JSTOR 23329669. Schuyler, Montgomery (1991) [1905]. A Bibliography of the Sanskrit Drama. New Delhi: Asian Educational ...
Prakrit (/ ˈ p r ɑː k r ɪ t / [a]) is a group of vernacular classical Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 5th century BCE to the 12th century CE. [2] [3] [4] The term Prakrit is usually applied to the middle period of Middle Indo-Aryan languages, excluding Pali. [5]
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit was a Middle Indo-Aryan language and a Dramatic Prakrit thought to have been spoken in modern-day Bihar [3] 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. [4] The Eastern Hindi languages evolved from ...
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
Chaya (Sanskrit: Chāyā) means 'shadow' or 'gloss', and is meant to provide better clarity on what the Prakrit words meant, and for resolving doubts about homonyms in prakrit. It was an ancient Indian tradition of providing Sanskrit glosses (transliterations) for Prakrit word forms, particularly in classical Indian drama plays.