[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c5.993 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.993 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.993 - **Language:** English ### [c5.993](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.993) DRĀVIḌA BHĀṢĀ. (Dravidian Language). Linguists have classified the languages of the world under certain groups. Important among them are the Indo-European group, the semitic group, the Hamitic group, the Ural Altaic group, the South East Asiatic group, the Dravidian group, Austric group, the Bantu group and the Chinese group. - [Previous: c5.992](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.992) - [Next: c5.994](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.994) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.993](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.993) · Pramāṇa