Prakritism

English Etymology From en Prakrit -ism; compare en Prakritic, en Prakritize. Pronunciation en /ˈpɹɑːkɹɪtɪzəm/ RP en /ˈpɹɑkɹɪtɪzəm/ GA Noun A usually Sanskrit word borrowed from a Prakrit, especially one showing the characteristic phonological developments separating the Prakrits from Sanskrit. en Sanskritism en 1872 John Beames Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India II: The Noun and Pronoun 25 Trübner and Co. https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/A_Comparative_Grammar_of_the_Modern_Arya/yLhDAAAAYAAJ 1 This constant use of sabbai in Chand may be nothing more than a Prakritism for the nom. pl. of Skr. sarvve. en 1930 Maurice Bloomfield; Franklin Edgerton XIV: Vocalic Liquids and Other Vowels Vedic Variants: A Study of the Variant Readings in the Repeated Mantras of the Veda II: Phonetics 295 w:University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia With this chapter we once more enter definitely into the sphere of Prakritism. In a considerable number of cases the variations seem to be, in fact, strictly Prakritic. en January 2, 2020 Patrick Olivelle Long-distance trade in ancient India: Evidence from Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra The Indian Economic and Social History Review 57 1 39 SAGE 10.1177/0019464619892894 Dukūla appears to be the name of a particular kind of textile and a yarn Some think that the term is a Prakritism for dvikūla, that is, a cloth with two borders. This is, however, unlikely, because of the use of the term for a kind of yarn. en Lexicography