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Studies in Jainology, Prakrit
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(i) It is also customary to treat of this development of the Indo-Aryan family into three sections: Old Indo-Aryan, Middle Indo-Aryan and New Indo-Aryan.
(ii) Grierson divides the growth of the Indo-Aryan speech in the following manner: (i) The spoken languages of the Vedic times (2000 B.C. to 600 B.C.): Primary Prakrits (ii) Those between 600 B.C. and 1100 A.D.: Secondary Prakrits; and (iii) The Modern Indo-Aryan languages: Tertiary Prakrits. Prakrit Languages and their Contribution to Indian Culture, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, 1945, p.7.
And noted by Dr.Jha, Ibid., p.6.
Vide Ibid., p.7.
There is also the Pali canon of the Buddhists that theorotically comes under this category.
Vide Dr.Katre, Ibid., p.84.
(i) Vide Dr.Katre, Ibid., p.85.
(ii) It may be noted that Benfey, in his famous introduction to the Pañcatantra, asserted that India was the home of all fairy tales and stories found in different parts of the world. But Winternitz prefers to have a cautious view that numerous stories current all over the world could be traced back to India. He further observes that the Shherzada in the Arabian Nights stands in form, spirit and role parallel to Kanayamañjari in the Prakrit commentary (the Sukhabodha of Devendra) of the 11th century A.D. Vide Some Problems of Indian Literature, Calcutta, 1925, pp.7172.
The Vasudevahindi.
The Perungadai and the Vasudevanar sindam.
(i) This sub-tale compares well with the story of Madanasena and that of two Brahmins: Kesata and Kandarpa in Somadeva's Kathāsaritsagara, which is younger than the Vaddaradhane. (ii) There is also a possibility of this sub-tale For Private & Personal Use Only
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