[INDOLOGY] Kashmir Shaiva and 'vernacular' - a question

[tatiana.oranskaia]

Dear colleagues,

I would be grateful for an answer to my question related to the following
passage in the Introduction by the editor, S.R. Banerjee, to  
'PraakRtadhyaaya':
"Kaashmira (with short 'i'! - TO) Shaiva works are  almost invariably  
accompanied
with some verses in the vernacular in the end of each chapter." (p.34)

What kind of a 'vernacular'/Prakrit is it?
Does it show some specific local features?

With best wishes,
Tatiana Oranskaia

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Prof. Dr. Tatiana Oranskaia
Abteilung für Kultur und Geschichte Indiens und Tibets
Asien-Afrika-Institut
Universität Hamburg
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