Maharashtri (Marathi: महाराष्ट्री प्राकृत), is a language of ancient and medieval India, descended from Sanskrit, and spoken in what is now Maharashtra and other parts of India. Marathi (mr मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of what is considered western India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical Maharashtra ( Marathi: mahārāṣṭra, IPA) is a state located on the western coast of India. It is the ancestor of Marathi, Divehi and Sinhalese as well. Marathi (mr मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of what is considered western India. Dhivehi Writing Systems Dhivehi (or Divehi) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by more than about 300000 people in the Republic of Maldives where it is the Sinhalese or Sinhala (සිංහල ISO 15919: siṁhala ˈsiŋhələ earlier referred to as Singhalese) is the language of the Sinhalese It is one of the many languages (often called dialects) of a complex called Prakrit, and the chief Dramatic Prakrit. Prakrit (also transliterated as Pracrit) ( Sanskrit: prākṛta प्राकृत (from pra-kṛti प्रकृति according to one The Dramatic Prakrits are the three main dialects of Prakrit, used extensively in Ancient Indian literature Its literary use was made famous by the playwright Kalidasa. "Kalidasa" redirects here For the true bug Genus, see Kalidasa (insect.
Maharashtri was the most popular amongst all Prakrit languages. Prakrit (also transliterated as Pracrit) ( Sanskrit: prākṛta प्राकृत (from pra-kṛti प्रकृति according to one It was spoken from Malwa and Rajputana (north) to Krishna and the Tungabhadra river region (south). Rājputāna, also called Rājwār was the name of present Rājasthān state the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area before its formation in 1949 CE Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari kṛṣṇa in IAST, ˈkr̩ʂɳə in classical Sanskrit is a deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism The Tungabhadra River is a sacred river in Southern India that flows through the states of Karnataka and part of Andhra Pradesh to merge with the larger Sanskrit lost its status as a 'communication language' somewhere around 500 B. C. , when Prakrit came into use. The ruler Hāla (r. Hāla (r 20-24 CE was a Satavahana king The Matsya Purana mentions him as the 17th ruler of the Satavahana dynasty 20-24 CE) mentioned in the Puranas as a member of the Satavahana dynasty, used Maharashtri, then popular, to write Saptashati(सप्तशती) or Gāthā Saptashatī, Setubandh (सेतुबंध) and Karpurmanjari (कर्पुरमंजरी)[1]. The Sātavāhanas ( Marathi: सातवाहन Telugu:శాతవాహనులు were a Dynasty which ruled from Junnar ( Maharashtri was in use for 1000 years (500 BC to 500 AD). Historians agree that Maharashtri and other Prakrit languages prevailed in modern Maharashtra. Maharashtra ( Marathi: mahārāṣṭra, IPA) is a state located on the western coast of India. [2] Maharashtri was widely spoken in western India and even down south in the parts which speak Kannada. Kannada (kn [[wiktಕನ್ನಡ ಕನ್ನಡ]] Kannaḍa) is one of the major Dravidian languages of India, spoken predominantly in the state [3]
Marathi is descended from the Prakrit dialect Maharashtri (literally, the "Language of the Empire"), which was the official language of the Satavahana Empire in the early centuries of the Common Era. Marathi (mr मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of what is considered western India. Under the patronage of the Satavahana Empire, Maharashtri became the most widespread Prakrit of its time, and also dominated the literary culture amongst the three "Dramatic" Prakrits of the time, Maharashtri, Sauraseni and Magadhi. A version of Maharashtri, called the Jaina Maharashtri, also was employed to write sections of Jain scripture. The Satavahana Emperor Hala's Sattasai, an anthology of over 700 love poems, has been established as the most famous work of literature in Maharashtri. Hāla (r 20-24 CE was a Satavahana king The Matsya Purana mentions him as the 17th ruler of the Satavahana dynasty Maharashtri evolved during the 15th and 16th centuries into Marathi. [4]
References
- ^ Dr. Kolarkar, Marathyancha Itihaas
- ^ V. Rajwade, Maharashtrache prachin rajyakarte
- ^ C. V. Vaidya, History of Medieval Hindu India, Being a History of India from 600 to 1200 AD, in 3 vols. : Vol. I, p. 317. ISBN 8170204380
- ^ Bhashaindia-Marathi
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