13.In the article Prakrit it is shown that the same construction is obtained in that language. 14.The Prakrits of the West preserved its dental sound, like that of the s in “sin.” 15.For this reason the priests of this religion prefer to write in the dialects used by the people, ...
Of all these Prakrits, Maharastri is that which is best known to us. It early obtained literary pre-eminence, and not only was the subject of long treatises by native grammarians, but became the language of lyric poetry and of the formal epic (kavya).Dramatic works have been written in ...