Prakrit

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(n.) Any one of the popular dialects descended from, or akin to, Sanskrit; - in distinction from the Sanskrit, which was used as a literary and learned language when no longer spoken by the people. Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]

Name given to a group of Hindu languages based on Sanskrit.

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