Everything about Magadhi Prakrit totally explained
Magadhi Prakrit is of one of the three
Dramatic Prakrits, the written languages of
Ancient India after the decline of
Sanskrit as an official language. Magadhi Prakrit was spoken in the eastern
Indian subcontinent, in a region spanning what is now
eastern India,
Bangladesh, and
Nepal. It is believed to be the language spoken by
Gautama Buddha, and the language of the ancient kingdom of
Magadha.
Theravada Buddhist tradition has long held that the
Pāli language was synonymous with the ancient Magadha language; and indeed, there are many remarkable analogies between Pāli and an old form of Magadhi Prakrit known as
Ardhamagadhi ("Half Magadhi"), which is preserved in ancient
Jain texts. (Both the
Buddha and the Jain
Mahavira
preached in ancient Magadha ).
Ardhamagadhi differs from later Magadhi Prakrit on similar points as Pāli. For example, Ardhamagadhi preserves historical
l, unlike later Magadhi Prakrit, where
l changed into
r. Additionally, in the noun inflection, Ardhamagadhi shows the ending
-o instead of Magadhi Prakrit
-e at least in many metrical places.
Magadhi Prakrit later evolved into the
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, including
Bengali,
Oriya,
Assamese, and the
Bihari languages (
Bhojpuri,
Maithili, and
Magahi, among others).
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