பேச்சு:பிராகிருத தமிழியல்

கட்டற்ற கலைக்களஞ்சியமான விக்கிபீடியாவில் இருந்து.

"3rd cent. BCE (to ca. CE 12th century): Middle Indo-Aryan languages emerged, embracing the vernacular dialects of Sanskrit called Pankrits. The best known and oldest literary Pankrit is Pali, the language of Buddhist canonical writings and Jain religious texts. The themes and forms of much traditional Indian literature are derived from Sanskrit and Pankrits (medieval dialects of Sanskrit). This is true of the literature of the Dravidian-speaking regions, as well as that of the Indo-Iranian languages of the north. (See The Buddha and the Texts of the Pali Canon, Australian National Univ., from Anthology of Scriptures of World Religions, by John Powers and James Fieser, McGraw-Hill, 1996.)" http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum210/tml/indiatml/indiatml1.htm