| Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit | |
|---|---|
| BHS | |
| Region | Northern India |
Indo-European
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | budd1234 |
| IETF | sa-bauddha[1] |
Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit (BHS) is a modern linguistic category applied to the language used in a class of Indian Buddhist texts, such as the Perfection of Wisdom sutras. BHS is classified as a Middle Indo-Aryan language. It is sometimes called "Buddhist Sanskrit" or "Mixed Sanskrit".