Sanskritization
Noun
Meaning
(linguistics) The introduction of Sanskrit vocabulary in another language or dialect.
Changing a word's structure to make it look like a Sanskrit word.
A form of social change in India and Nepal, in which members of lower castes seek upward mobility by emulating the rituals and practices of the upper or dominant castes.
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Indo-Aryan migrations and Sanskritization Northern Dravidian pockets Although in modern times speakers of the various Dravidian languages have mainly occupied the southern portion of India, in earlier times they probably were spoken in a larger area.
He goes on to write: Scholars regard this language as a hybrid showing features of several Prakrit dialects used around the third century BCE, subjected to a partial process of Sanskritization.