Found 2 items, similar to Prakrit.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Prakrit Prakrit n 1: any of the modern Indic languages 2: 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Prakrit Prakrit \Pra"krit\, n. [Skr. pr[=a]k[.r]ta original, natural, usual, common, vulgar.] 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. [1913 Webster]