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Some scholars restrict the use of the term " Prakrit " to the languages used by Hindu and Jain writers only ; others include the Buddhist languages, such as Pali and Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, and the inscriptional Prakrits.

Other Prakrits include the Gāndhārī, and Paisāci, which is known through grammarians ' statements.

The modern languages of Northern India developed from the Prakrits, after the intermediary stage of the Apabhramsa language.