A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s8.13

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¹ The Āryā metre was first taken into Sanskrit poetry from Prākrit poetry; see Jacobi, ZDMG 40, 1886, 336 ff. There is an inscription that proves the existence of lyric poetry in old Prākrit: see Lüders, Bruchstücke buddhistischer Dramen, p. 62.