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Paishachi or
Paisaci (IAST: Paiśācī) is a
largely unattested literary language of the
middle kingdoms of
India mentioned in
Prakrit and
Sanskrit grammars...
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language or a
single kind of language,
alongside Sanskrit, Apabhramsha, and
Paishachi.
German Indologist Theodor Bloch (1894)
dismissed the
medieval Prakrit...
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Punjabi developed from this Prakrit.
Later in
northern India Paishachi Prakrit gave rise to
Paishachi Apabhraṃśa, a
descendant of Prakrit.
Punjabi emerged as...
- Prakrit. The
other po****r Prakrits—Shauraseni, Magadhi, Ardhamagadhi, and
Paishachi—merit only one each. This
preeminence of
Maharashtri is
confirmed by Dandin...
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dialogues in
several other languages,
including Sanskrit, Apabhramsha, and
Paishachi. The
novel narrates the
story of five
souls (including that of princess...
- Gunadhya's
Brihatkatha (a
conjectural collection of
stories in the
extinct Paishachi language). This
story also
appears in Somadeva's
Kathasaritsagara (which...
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archaic form of old
Konkani is
referred to as
Paishachi by some linguists. This
progenitor of
Konkani (or
Paishachi Apabhramsha) has
preserved an
older form...
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Dramatic Prakrits Ardhamagadhi Magadhi Maharashtri Shauraseni Gāndhārī
Gaudi Paishachi Late (Apabhraṃśa)
Abahattha Apabhraṃśa Elu
Kamarupi Khasa Prakrit...
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Dramatic Prakrits Ardhamagadhi Magadhi Maharashtri Shauraseni Gāndhārī
Gaudi Paishachi Late (Apabhraṃśa)
Abahattha Apabhraṃśa Elu
Kamarupi Khasa Prakrit...
- Kathasaritsagara, the 11th
century Sanskrit translation of the 1st-2nd
century Paishachi text Brihatkatha,
tells how king
Sahasranika was
cursed by Tilottama....
