Paishaacika Sanskrit?

[Martin Gansten]

Dear Ferenc,

>the irregularities you quote do seem to be prakritisms. All of them (with
>the exception of bhrAtrI) are mentioned in Franklin Edgerton's classic
>Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Vol. I: Grammar.

That's interesting; thank you. As I said, the text as a whole is definitely
a sort of (hybrid) Sanskrit, i.e., much closer to classical Sanskrit than to
Prakrit -- but certainly the irregularities could be due to Prakrit
influence. If such is the case, do you think that could help in dating the
text at all?

Regards,
Martin Gansten