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Noun: Prakrit  praak-rit
  1. Any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD
    - Prakrit language
     
  2. Any of the modern Indic languages

Derived forms: Prakrits

Type of: Indic, Indo-Aryan

Encyclopedia: Prakrit