buddhist_hybrid_sanskrit

Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit

Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, or BHS for short, is a modern linguistic category applied to the Sanskrit 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

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Category of Sanskrit

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