BSEB Inter Prakrit case studies
BSEB Inter Prakrit · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The BSEB Intermediate Prakrit examination is a Class 12 subject paper offered under the Bihar School Examination Board, taken by arts-stream students who choose Prakrit as one of their elective languages. It is intended for candidates who want a classical-language paper that rewards careful reading rather than rote recall alone: the syllabus pairs grammar with prescribed prose and verse passages, so a student must be able to parse a form and then explain why it carries the meaning it does. The BSEB Inter Prakrit case studies are 5 cases and about 2,322 words.
1The Water-Damaged Brahmi Donor Fragment
A field survey at a Jain cave near Rajgir recovers a broken pillar with three lines in early Brahmi. The estampage is water-damaged: in line 2 a consonant cluster could be read as kkh or nkh; a dot above one akshara may be anusvara or a mineral stain; and a medial stroke on the donor's name could be i or e.
549 words, about 3 min2The Ambiguous -āe in a Maharashtri Stanza
You are preparing a translation of a four-line Maharashtri stanza for an exam. The second line reads: piyāe kayaṃ jaṃ miaṃ, taṃ kahaṃ vismarasi.
480 words, about 2 min3Who Is Commanded? A Prose Passage from a Jain Narrative
A prose passage from a Jain narrative anthology reads: rāyā mantriṃ āṇāvei. mantī rāyāe āṇatto bhaṇia gacchai.
444 words, about 2 min4Scanning a Gaha: One Doubtful Syllable
A prescribed Prakrit verse is printed in four padas. The editor's note says the metre is Gaha (Arya), but a water stain has made one syllable in the second pada doubtful: it could be short or long.
422 words, about 2 min5Three Inscriptions, Two Languages
A museum worksheet asks you to label three inscriptions for a school group: (A) the Girnar rock edict of Ashoka near Junagadh; (B) the Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman, carved on the same rock; (C) the Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela at Udayagiri. A colleague has written 'all three are Prakrit' on the draft label.
427 words, about 2 min