Outstanding Linguistic Features of the Sattakas

From time immemorial, drama' is the most attractive of all the literary forms because it pleases and appeals to all tastes of mankind 2 It is indeed a reflection of all that man observes, thinks, feels, experiences and identifies himself with Sanskrit Drama being of divine, legendary origin, it has evolved through many centuries in

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नाइकर छह सट्टकों की प्राकृत का सर्वेक्षण करते हैं। राजशेखर की 'कर्पूरमंजरी' (दसवीं शती) में माहाराष्ट्री और शौरसेनी मिली हुई हैं तथा कई देशी शब्द मराठी तक पहुँचते हैं। रुद्रदास, विश्वेश्वर और घनश्याम ने प्राकृत व्याकरण से सीखी, इसलिए उनकी भाषा कृत्रिम लगती है; घनश्याम में मराठी रूप भरे हैं। Naikar surveys the Prakrit of the six extant sattakas. Rājaśekhara's Karpūramañjarī (10th century) mixes Māhārāṣṭrī and Śaurasenī and carries Deśī words traceable to Marathi; the later works of Rudradāsa, Viśveśvara and Ghanaśyāma (17th-18th century) learnt Prakrit from grammars, so their language is artificial, Ghanaśyāma's thick with Marathi forms.

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