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	\| name = Shauraseni Prakrit		\| name = Shauraseni Prakrit
	\| altname = Śaurasenī		\| altname = Śaurasenī Prākṛta
	\| nativename = [[Brahmi]]~~: 𑀰𑁅𑀭𑀲𑁂𑀦𑀻~~		\| nativename = {{lang\|psu-Brah\|𑀰𑁅𑀭𑀲𑁂𑀦𑀻}} ([[Brahmi]])
	\| region = [[~~India~~]]		\| region = [[Indian subcontinent]]
	\| era = c. ~~2nd century BCE~~		\| era = c. 3rd to 10th centuries AD
	\| familycolor = Indo-European		\| familycolor = Indo-European
	\| fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages\|Indo-Iranian]]		\| fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages\|Indo-Iranian]]
	\| fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages\|Indo-Aryan]]		\| fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages\|Indo-Aryan]]
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	\| iso3 = psu		\| iso3 = psu
	\| glotto = saur1252		\| glotto = saur1252
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	'''Shauraseni Prakrit''' ({{~~Lang-~~sa\|शौरसेनी प्राकृत}}, {{~~IAST~~\|Śaurasenī Prākṛta}}) was a [[Middle Indo-Aryan language]] and a [[Dramatic Prakrit]]. Shauraseni was the chief [[language]] used in drama in ~~northern~~ [[middle kingdoms of India\|medieval India]]. Most of the material in this language originates from the 3rd to 10th centuries, ~~though it was probably~~ a ~~spoken vernacular around~~ the ~~2nd century BCE in the ancient state of [[Surasena]]. Among the [[~~Prakrit]]s, Shauraseni is said to be the one most closely related to [[Classical Sanskrit]] in that it "is derived from the Old Indian [[Indo-Aryan languages\|[= Indo-Aryan] dialect]] of the [[Madhyadesa\|Madhyadeśa]] on which Classical Sanskrit was mainly based."<ref name="~~woolner~~">{{cite ~~web~~\|~~last1~~=~~Woolner~~\|~~first1~~=~~Alfred C.~~\|title=~~Introduction to~~ Prakrit\|url=https://~~archive~~.org/~~details~~/~~introductiontopr00woolrich~~\|~~publisher~~=~~University of the Punjab~~\|~~accessdate~~=~~2 March 2016~~\|~~location~~=~~Calcutta}}</ref>{{rp~~\|3-4}} Its descendants include the languages of the [[Hindi Belt]], the Central Zone of modern Indo-Aryan or [[Hindi languages]], the standard registers of the [[Hindustani language]] based on the [[Delhi dialect]].<ref>{{~~Cite web~~\|~~url=http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=psu\|title = Sauraseni Prakrit - MultiTree~~}}</ref>		'''Shauraseni Prakrit''' ({{langx\|sa\|शौरसेनी प्राकृत}}, {{IAST3\|Śaurasenī Prākṛta}}, {{IPA\|sa\|ɕɐurɐɕseːniː praːkr̩t̪ɐ}}) was a [[Middle Indo-Aryan language]] and a [[Dramatic Prakrit]]. Shauraseni was the chief [[language]] used in drama in [[middle kingdoms of India\|medieval]] [[North India\|northern India]]. Most of the material in this language originates from the 3rd to 10th centuries, and represented a regional language variety with minor modifications to the same linguistic substratum as other Dramatic Prakrit varieties.<ref name="ollett">{{cite book \|last=Ollett \|first=Andrew \|title=Language of the Snakes: Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of Premodern India \|chapter=5: Figuring Prakrit \|chapter-url=https://www.luminosoa.org/chapters/m/10.1525/luminos.37.e \|doi=10.1525/luminos.37.e \|date=2017-10-10 \|pp=111-140 \|isbn=978-0-520-96881-3}} {{Q\|Q120550567}}.</ref>

	==~~See also~~==		Among the [[Prakrit]]s, Shauraseni is said to be the one most closely related to [[Classical Sanskrit]] in that it "is derived from the Old Indian Indo-Aryan dialect of the [[Madhyadesa\|Madhyadeśa]] on which Classical Sanskrit was mainly based."<ref name="woolner">{{cite web\|last1=Woolner\|first1=Alfred C.\|title=Introduction to Prakrit\|url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontopr00woolrich\|publisher=University of the Punjab\|accessdate=2 March 2016\|location=Calcutta}}</ref>{{rp\|3-4}} Its descendants include [[Hindustani language\|Hindustani]] ([[Hindi]]–[[Urdu]]), [[Gujarati languages\|Gujarati]], [[Rajasthani languages\|Rajasthani]], [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]], [[Saraiki language\|Saraiki]], [[Hindko]], [[Pahari-Pothwari\|Pahari]], and [[Sindhi language\|Sindhi]].<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Mesthrie \|first=Rajend \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eUEiEAAAQBAJ&dq=en&pg=PA15 \|title=Language in Indenture: A Sociolinguistic History of Bhojpuri-Hindi in South Africa \|date=2018-09-14 \|publisher=Routledge \|isbn=978-0-429-78579-5 \|pages=15 \|language=en \|quote=The outer languages descend from various sources: The Eastern group from Magadhi Prakrit, Marathi from Maharastri Prakrit (which was a sub-division of Ardha-Māgadhi Prakrit, leaning more towards Māgadhi than Śauraseni), while Sindhi and Lahnda, whose early histories are not entirely clear, seem to be derived from Apabhramsas which show Śauraseni influence.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HmfEEAAAQBAJ\|title=Window to Ancient India : A Tryst with Ancient Science & Philosophy Part II : Languages, Linguistic Systems and Indian Logic System vis-a-vis the Greeks\|page=68\|first=Satish\|last=Joglekar\|date=10 June 2023 \|publisher=StoryMirror Infotech Pvt \|isbn=978-93-90267-91-0 }}</ref>
	*[[~~Saurashtra~~ language]]
	*[[~~Apabhraṃśa~~]]
	*[[~~Prakrit~~]]

	==References==		== See also ==
			* [[Saurashtra language]]
			* [[Apabhraṃśa]]
			* [[Prakrit]]

			== References ==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Shauraseni Prakrit
| altname = Śaurasenī
| nativename = [[Brahmi]]: 𑀰𑁅𑀭𑀲𑁂𑀦𑀻
| region = [[India]]
| era = c. 2nd century BCE
| familycolor = Indo-European
| fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]
| fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]
| fam4 =
| iso3 = psu
| glotto = saur1252
| glottorefname = Sauraseni Prakrit
}}

'''Shauraseni Prakrit''' ({{Lang-sa|शौरसेनी प्राकृत}}, {{IAST|Śaurasenī Prākṛta}}) was a [[Middle Indo-Aryan language]] and a [[Dramatic Prakrit]]. Shauraseni was the chief [[language]] used in drama in northern [[middle kingdoms of India|medieval India]]. Most of the material in this language originates from the 3rd to 10th centuries, though it was probably a spoken vernacular around the 2nd century BCE in the ancient state of [[Surasena]]. Among the [[Prakrit]]s, Shauraseni is said to be the one most closely related to [[Classical Sanskrit]] in that it "is derived from the Old Indian [[Indo-Aryan languages|[= Indo-Aryan] dialect]] of the [[Madhyadesa|Madhyadeśa]] on which Classical Sanskrit was mainly based."<ref name="woolner">{{cite web|last1=Woolner|first1=Alfred C.|title=Introduction to Prakrit|url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontopr00woolrich|publisher=University of the Punjab|accessdate=2 March 2016|location=Calcutta}}</ref>{{rp|3-4}} Its descendants include the languages of the [[Hindi Belt]], the Central Zone of modern Indo-Aryan or [[Hindi languages]], the standard registers of the [[Hindustani language]] based on the [[Delhi dialect]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=psu|title = Sauraseni Prakrit - MultiTree}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Saurashtra language]]
*[[Apabhraṃśa]]
*[[Prakrit]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Old and Middle Indo-Aryan}}
[[Category:Languages attested from the 3rd century]]
[[Category:Languages extinct in the 10th century]]
[[Category:Indo-Aryan languages]]
[[Category:Medieval languages]]
[[Category:Prakrit languages]]
[[Category:North India]]

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