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Pra·krit (prä′krit)

noun

any of several vernacular, non-Sanskrit Indic languages used in ancient India

Etymology: < Sans prākṛta, natural, simple, vulgar < pra- (for IE base see for), before + kṛ, to do, make: cf. Sanskrit

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