The word "Prakrit" comes from a Sanskrit term meaning what?

"natural". The correct answer is natural. The word Prakrit points to natural, ordinary speech. Sanskrit means refined. Memory hook: Prakrit is natural, Sanskrit is refined. Read more: Prakrit Languages.

In Sanskrit plays, which Prakrit do ordinary women speak in the dialogue?

Shauraseni. The correct answer is Shauraseni. Ordinary women and uneducated men speak it in Sanskrit plays. Women sing their songs in Maharashtri. Servants and low-caste characters speak Magadhi. Memory hook: women speak Shauraseni, sing Maharashtri. Read more: Prakrit Languages.

Which work is the oldest authority for Prakrit grammar?

Prakrita Prakasha. The correct answer is Prakrita Prakasha. It is credited to Vararuchi. Only the Gahasattasai is a book of Maharashtri verse. Memory hook: Vararuchi wrote the Prakrit grammar. Read more: Prakrit Languages.

Which of these Prakrits is NOT one of the four treated in Vararuchi's Prakrita Prakasha?

Ardhamagadhi. The correct answer is Ardhamagadhi. Vararuchi treats Maharashtri, Paishachi, Magadhi and Shauraseni. Ardhamagadhi is the language of the Jain scriptures. It is not in his list. Memory hook: Jain Ardhamagadhi is missing. Read more: Prakrit Languages.

The Hirahadagalli copper plates of about 338 CE, issued by the early Pallavas, are in which language?

Prakrit. The correct answer is Prakrit. These plates are in Prakrit and in the Brahmi script. Early Pallava charters were in Prakrit. Sanskrit charters came later. Memory hook: Pallavas wrote Prakrit first, then Sanskrit. Read more: Prakrit Languages.

In which script were the Ashokan edicts at Shahbazgarhi and Mansehra cut?

Kharoshthi. The correct answer is Kharoshthi. The northwest edicts use Kharoshthi. All the other edicts use Brahmi. The language of both sets is Prakrit. Memory hook: northwest means Kharoshthi. Read more: Prakrit Languages.

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