Dravidabhasha, Drāviḍabhāṣā, Dravida-bhasha: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Drāviḍabhāṣā can be transliterated into English as Dravidabhasa or Dravidabhasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaDrāviḍabhāṣā (द्राविडभाषा).—(Dravidian Language). Linguists have classified the languages of the world under certain groups. Important among them are the Indo-European group, the semitic group, the Hamitic group, the Ural Altaic group, the South East Asiatic group, the Dravidian group, Austric group, the Bantu group and the Chinese group.
Almost all the languages in South India belong to the Dravidian group. The languages of this group are Tamil, Telugu, Kannaḍa, Malayālam, Tulu, Kuṭaku, Toṭa, Koṭa, Baḍaka, Kuruk and Brāhūī. Of these Brāhūī alone is used in the mountain regions of Balucisthan. Linguists like Smīmud and others have stated that there is a close relation between the Australian and Dravidian languages. The Āryan language has influenceed the Dravidian languages to a great extent. But Tamil has not been so much influenced as Telugu, Kannaḍa and Malayālam. It is because Tamil had a great wealth of literature of its own from ancient times. The Dravidian group is again divided into four sections: Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern. Brāhūī is the only language in the Northern section. Its Etymology, grammar etc. are like that of the Dravidian group. But it had been influenced to a large extent by the Iranian language. Still it keeps its Dravidian character. (See full article at Story of Drāviḍa-bhāṣā from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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