Shauraseni Prakrit

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Shauraseni Prakrit
Śaurasenī Prākṛta
𑀰𑁅𑀭𑀲𑁂𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi)
RegionIndian subcontinent
Erac. 3rd to 10th centuries AD
Language codes
ISO 639-3psu
Glottologsaur1252
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Shauraseni Prakrit (Sanskrit: शौरसेनी प्राकृत, romanizedŚaurasenī 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 regional language variety with minor modifications to the same linguistic substratum as other Dramatic Prakrit varieties.[1]

Among the Prakrits, Shauraseni is said to be the one most closely related to Classical Sanskrit in that it "is derived from the Old Indian Indo-Aryan dialect of the Madhyadeśa on which Classical Sanskrit was mainly based."[2]: 3–4  Its descendants include Punjabi, Saraiki, Hindko, Pahari, Sindhi,[3] Gujarati, Rajasthani, and Western Hindi.[4]

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