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apabhramsha

अपभ्रंश Apabhraṃśa

The literary register standing below Prākṛt in the descending order Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhraṃśa that the Vimalaprabhā uses for the languages of doctrine. Daṇḍin calls the speech of the Ābhīras and the like apabhraṃśa in poetry.

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