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## Introduction
"When a language is refined, it is called Sanskrit."
Ajad, in his commentary on Sarasvatikanthabharan, has also expressed the same sentiment.
The great Buddhist philosopher Shantarakshita, in his commentary on Vadanaya (p. 103), has provided a logical justification for the meaning-bearing nature of the common language. Acharya Prabhachandra, in his work Nyayakumudachandra, has extensively proven that Prakrit is the natural language of the people. It is through the refinement of this language by grammar that the form of 'Sanskrit' is created. He has refuted the argument of 'Prakriteर्भवं प्राकृतम्' with great force. He writes, "What is that 'Prakriti' from which the language called Prakrit is born? Is it nature, the collection of roots, or Sanskrit words? If it is nature, then Prakrit itself is natural. From the collection of roots, Prakrit words are formed just like Sanskrit words. Calling Sanskrit words as 'Prakriti' is completely inappropriate, because it is refinement, it is a modification. Bringing a particular quality to an existing thing is called refinement, it is a form of modification, therefore calling it 'Prakriti' is inappropriate. Sanskrit is primordial and Prakrit is non-primordial."
Therefore, the notion that 'Prakrit language is derived from Sanskrit' is baseless. The name 'Sanskrit' itself indicates its refinement and posteriority. Prakrit grammar was certainly created after Sanskrit grammar. Because earlier, the Prakrit language did not need the rules of grammar. After the Sanskrit era, the need for its grammar arose. That is why the creators of Prakrit grammar wrote 'Prakritiः संस्कृतम्', because they considered Sanskrit words as 'Prakriti' and then added suffixes to create Prakrit words.
## Origin of Puranas
A collection of some key facts about the lives of Tirthankaras etc. is found in the Stanangasutra, based on which Acharya Hemchandra etc. created works like Trishatimahapuraana etc. In the Digambara tradition, we find an ancient collection of facts about the character of Tirthankaras etc. in the Prakrit language text Tiloyapannatti. In its fourth Mahaadhikari, it mentions from which heaven the Tirthankara came, the name of the city and parents, date of birth, constellation, lineage, interval between Tirthankaras, lifespan, childhood, height of the body, caste, reign, cause of renunciation, symbol, initiation date, constellation, initiation forest, initiation tree, sixth etc. primary penance, initiation family, parana, initiation in childhood or during reign, five vows in donation, time of wandering, date of omniscience, constellation location, time interval of the origin of omniscience, becoming the sky after attaining omniscience, the work of Indra etc. at the time of omniscience, a detailed description of the Samvasarana, how big was the Samvasarana of which Tirthankara, who does not go to the Samvasarana,