Maharashtri Prakrit

Maharashtri
Mahārāṣṭri
Brahmi: 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀱𑁆𑀝𑁆𑀭𑀻
RegionMaharashtra, India.
Era500 BCE[1][2][3] – 1000 CE; developed into Marathi and Konkani[4]
Language codes
ISO 639-3pmh
pmh
Glottologmaha1305

Maharashtri or Maharashtri Prakrit (Mahārāṣṭrī Prākṛta) is a Prakrit language of ancient as well as medieval India.[5][2]

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 and southern India.

  1. ^ a b V.Rajwade, Maharashtrache prachin rajyakarte
  2. ^ a b c The Linguist List Archived 2009-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Dr.Kolarkar, Marathyancha Itihaas
  4. ^ "Hindu Scriptures | Vedic lifestyle, Scriptures, Vedas, Upanishads, Smrutis".
  5. ^ "Roots of Konkani" (in English and Konkani). Goa Konkani Akademi. Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  6. ^ Austin, Peter (2008). One Thousand Languages: Living, Endangered, and Lost. California: University of California Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0520255609.