A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s8.56
A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s8.56
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v3.c35.s8.56
⁴ Māhārāṣṭrī is the dialect of Mahārāṣṭra, the land of the Marāṭhas, in whose, metropolis, Pratiṣṭhāna, the Āndhra-kings resided. Since the work is written in musical stanzas (gāhā=gāthā) the linguistic form of the dialect has become problematic. In the dramas too the musical stanzas are always in the Māhārāṣṭri dialect. Cf. G. Garrez in JA, p. 6, part XX, 1872, 197ff. and Pischel, Grammatik der Prakrit-Sprachen §§ 2 and 12 f.