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prakrit, "middle indic literary prakrits" (from c. –250), including "early middle indic" aśokan prakrit (including aśokan-prakrit-E.... aśokan-prakrit-CE.... aśokan-prakrit-NW.... aśokan-prakrit-SW.)... prakrit-NW. (including gandhari "literary"... niya "administrative")... "jain literary prakrit" (including ardhamagadhi, "semi"-magadhi)... prakrit-E., including śauraseni (especially in popular dramatic speech; precursor of [59=] Bangla, Oriya & Axamiya)... mahārāshtri-prākrit... sinhālā-prākrit (precursor of [59=] Elu)... apabhramsha, "late midland prakrit" # [59=] Sanskrit: prākrta =«natural, usual, unadorned > vulgar, vernacular» 𝒮 Nagari script, etc.; studied and read within Hindu and Jain communities |