Ardhamagadhi – Language Of Magadha Kingdom

Ardhamagadhi is one of the Prakrti (spoken forms of languages) dialects, also called Arsha or Rshibhashita. The Jainas consider Ardhamagadhi to be the source of all languages. It is the language of the common man and represents the conglomerate of eighteen native languages. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It represents the language of half of Magadha, and

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