Jain Maharashtri

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Jain Maharashtri is a literary variety of the Prakrit language historically used in Jain religious texts and inscriptions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jain Śāradā 3
Jain Maharashtri canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Prakrit language ⓘ
literary language ⓘ
associatedWith Jain monks ⓘ
Jain scholars ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ
developedFrom Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
distinctFrom Ardhamagadhi Prakrit ⓘ
Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ
Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ
documentedIn Jain canonical commentaries ⓘ
Jain narrative collections ⓘ
hasFeature conservative retention of older Prakrit forms ⓘ
influence on later Jain literary languages ⓘ
specialized religious vocabulary ⓘ
historicalPeriod ancient India ⓘ
early medieval India ⓘ
influenced Jain versions of Apabhramsha ⓘ
early New Indo-Aryan Jain texts ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Middle Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
linguisticStage Middle Indo-Aryan stage of Indo-Aryan ⓘ
primaryFunction preservation of Jain doctrine ⓘ
religious communication ⓘ
region Deccan ⓘ
linked to: Deccan Plateau

western India ⓘ
linked to: Western India
religiousTradition Jainism ⓘ
sharesFeaturesWith other Jain Prakrits ⓘ
subclassOf Maharashtri Prakrit ⓘ
usedAs medium for Jain doctrinal exegesis ⓘ
medium for Jain ethical instruction ⓘ
usedByCommunity Jain communities ⓘ
usedFor didactic literature ⓘ
narrative literature ⓘ
religious prose ⓘ
usedIn Jain inscriptions ⓘ
Jain literature ⓘ
Jain religious texts ⓘ
writingSystem Brahmi script ⓘ
Nagari script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prakrit → hasVariety → Jain Maharashtri ⓘ
Chedasutras → script → Jain Śāradā ⓘ
linked to: Jain Maharashtri
Acaranga Sutra → script → Jain Śāradā ⓘ
linked to: Jain Maharashtri
Kalpa Sutra → script → Jain Śāradā ⓘ
linked to: Jain Maharashtri