The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c9.s3.1

c9.s3.1

In accordance with the later rules we find the Buddha, his disciples, the hero of the hetaera play and Dhānaṃjaya speaking Sanskrit; the same is true of the allegorical characters, and this is also in accord with later practice, for in both Kṛṣṇamiçra and Kavikarṇapūra’s works some of the allegorical characters speak Sanskrit, though others, of more feminine appeal and character, speak Prākṛit. One Çramaṇa speaks Sanskrit, another—conceivably an Ājīvika—a Prākṛit.