Bible Dictionaries
Prakrit

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) Any one of the popular dialects descended from, or akin to, Sanskrit; - in distinction from the Sanskrit, which was used as a literary and learned language when no longer spoken by the people. Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prakrit'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/prakrit.html. 1828.