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'''Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit''', or BHS for short, is a modern linguistic category applied to the language used in a class of Indian Buddhist texts, such as the Perfection of Wisdom sutras. BHS is classified as a Middle Indo-Aryan language. It is sometimes called "Buddhist Sanskrit" or "Mixed Sanskrit".<ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.</ref> | '''Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit''', or BHS for short, is a modern linguistic category applied to the language used in a class of Indian Buddhist texts, such as the Perfection of Wisdom sutras. BHS is classified as a Middle Indo-Aryan language. It is sometimes called "Buddhist Sanskrit" or "Mixed Sanskrit".<ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.</ref> | ||
==Further Reading== | |||
*Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary by Franklin Edgerton in Two Volumes Reprint 1998. Published by Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 9788120809970. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 14:51, 2 November 2022
Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, or BHS for short, is a modern linguistic category applied to the language used in a class of Indian Buddhist texts, such as the Perfection of Wisdom sutras. BHS is classified as a Middle Indo-Aryan language. It is sometimes called "Buddhist Sanskrit" or "Mixed Sanskrit".[1]
Further Reading
- Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary by Franklin Edgerton in Two Volumes Reprint 1998. Published by Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 9788120809970.
References
- ↑ 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.