Prakritaka, Prākṛtaka: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Prākṛtaka can be transliterated into English as Prakrtaka or Prakritaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPrākṛtaka (प्राकृतक).—adj. (= Sanskrit °ta; compare prec.), common, vulgar: °kena veṣeṇa Mahāvastu ii.449.10, in mean gart (con- trasted with royal garb); ordinary, natural, as distinguished from supernatural, divine: śrotrendriyaṃ…anāvilaṃ prākṛtakaṃ ca tāvat Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 357.10 (verse), and yet his power of hearing is still natural (not ‘divya’); similarly 359.12 (verse); in both -ka might be m.c.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Prakritakalpataru, Prakritakamadhenu, Prakritakaumudi.
Full-text: Pakatika.
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