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Magadhi Prakrit, the Glossary

Index Magadhi Prakrit

Magadhi Prakrit (Māgadhī) is of one of the three Dramatic Prakrits, the written languages of Ancient India following the decline of Pali.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 30 relations: Assam, Bangladesh, Bengal, Bengali–Assamese languages, Bihar, Bihari languages, Brahmi script, Dramatic Prakrit, East India, Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, Edicts of Ashoka, Halbic languages, History of India, India, Indian subcontinent, Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Iranian languages, Jharkhand, Magadha, Mahajanapadas, Mahavira, Maurya Empire, Middle Indo-Aryan languages, Nepal, Odia language, Odisha, Pali, The Buddha, Uttar Pradesh, Vedic Sanskrit.

  2. History of the Bengali language
  3. Prakrit languages

Assam

Assam is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.

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Bengal

Geographical distribution of the Bengali language Bengal (Bôṅgo) or endonym Bangla (Bāṅlā) is a historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal.

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Bengali–Assamese languages

The Assamese-Bengali languages (also Gauda–Kamarupa languages) is a grouping of several languages in the eastern Indian subcontinent. Magadhi Prakrit and Bengali–Assamese languages are history of the Bengali language and Indo-Aryan languages.

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Bihar

Bihar is a state in Eastern India.

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Bihari languages

Bihari languages are a group of the Indo-Aryan languages.

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Brahmi script

Brahmi (ISO: Brāhmī) is a writing system of ancient India.

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Dramatic Prakrit

Dramatic Prakrits were those standard forms of Prakrit dialects that were used in dramas and other literature in medieval India. Magadhi Prakrit and Dramatic Prakrit are Indo-Aryan languages.

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East India

Eastern India is a region of India consisting of the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal and also the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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Eastern Indo-Aryan languages

The Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, also known as Māgadhan languages, are spoken throughout the eastern region of the subcontinent (East India, Bangladesh, Assam), which includes Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bengal region, Tripura, Assam, and Odisha; alongside other regions surrounding the northeastern Himalayan corridor. Magadhi Prakrit and eastern Indo-Aryan languages are history of the Bengali language and Indo-Aryan languages.

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Edicts of Ashoka

The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of more than thirty inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka, as well as boulders and cave walls, attributed to Emperor Ashoka of the Maurya Empire who ruled most of the Indian subcontinent from 268 BCE to 232 BCE.

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Halbic languages

The Halbic languages belong to the eastern branch of the Indo-Aryan languages and are mainly spoken in southern Chhattisgarh in India.

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History of India

Anatomically modern humans first arrived on the Indian subcontinent between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.

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Indo-Aryan languages

The Indo-Aryan languages (or sometimes Indic languages) are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family.

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Indo-Iranian languages

The Indo-Iranian languages (also known as Indo-Iranic languages or collectively the Aryan languages) constitute the largest and southeasternmost extant branch of the Indo-European language family.

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Jharkhand

Jharkhand is a state in eastern India.

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Magadha

Magadha also called the Kingdom of Magadha or the Magadha Empire, was a kingdom and empire, and one of the sixteen lit during the Second Urbanization period, based in southern Bihar in the eastern Ganges Plain, in Ancient India.

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Mahajanapadas

The Mahājanapadas were sixteen kingdoms and aristocratic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE, during the second urbanisation period.

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Mahavira

Mahavira (Devanagari: महावीर), also known as Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान), the 24th Tirthankara (Supreme Teacher) of Jainism.

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Maurya Empire

The Maurya Empire (Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥𑁂, Māgadhe) was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia based in Magadha (present day Bihar).

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Middle Indo-Aryan languages

The Middle Indo-Aryan languages (or Middle Indic languages, sometimes conflated with the Prakrits, which are a stage of Middle Indic) are a historical group of languages of the Indo-Aryan family. Magadhi Prakrit and Middle Indo-Aryan languages are Indo-Aryan languages.

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Nepal

Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.

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Odia language

Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ, ISO:,; formerly rendered as Oriya) is an Indo-Aryan classical language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. Magadhi Prakrit and Odia language are Indo-Aryan languages.

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Odisha

Odisha (English), formerly Orissa (the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India.

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Pali

Pāli, also known as Pali-Magadhi, is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language on the Indian subcontinent. Magadhi Prakrit and Pali are Indo-Aryan languages.

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The Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha ('the awakened'), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.

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Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh ('North Province') is a state in northern India.

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Vedic Sanskrit

Vedic Sanskrit, also simply referred as the Vedic language, is an ancient language of the Indo-Aryan subgroup of the Indo-European language family. Magadhi Prakrit and Vedic Sanskrit are Indo-Aryan languages.

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See also

History of the Bengali language

Prakrit languages

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magadhi_Prakrit

Also known as Ardhamagadhi language, Magadhi Prakrit language, Magadhi language, Megadha language, Old Magadhi.