Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit (BHS) is a modern linguistic category applied to some of the Relief image of the bodhisattva Guan Yin from Mt. Jiuhua in Chinas Anhui province. The images many arms represent the bodhisattvas limitless capacity and commitment to helping other beings. Mahāyāna (literally Great Vehicle; Chinese:大乘, Dàshèng; Japanese: Daijō) is... Mahāyāna Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, who lived between approximately 563 and 483 BCE. Originating in India, Buddhism gradually... Buddhist Sutra (सूत्र) in Sanskrit is derived from the verb √siv, meaning to sew. It literally means a rope or thread, and more metaphorically refers to an aphorism (or line, rule, formula), or a collection of such aphorisms in the form of a manual. In Hinduism... Sutras, such as the Perfection of Wisdom is a translation of the Sanskrit term prajñā pāramitā (Hanzi. 般若波羅蜜多, Pinyin. bān ruò bō luó mì duō, Jp. hannya-haramita), which is one of the aspects of a bodhisattvas personality called the... Perfection of Wisdom.

BHS is a Middle The Indo-Aryan languages form a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian languages, thus belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. The term Indic refers to the same group without the negative connotations of Aryan. Note that in opposition to the generic adjective Indian, Indic is the term used in... Indo-Aryan language, a " Prakrit (Sanskrit prakrta: natural, usual, vulgar) refers to the broad family of the Indic languages and dialects spoken in ancient India. The Prakrits were vernaculars, often used for ordinary speech, and may be contrasted with Sanskrit, which continued to be used as a literary language and quickly developed such features... Prakrit", to which have been added superficial elements designed to make the language resemble classical The Sanskrit language ( संस्कृता वाक्) is one of the earliest attested members of the Indo-European language family and is not only a classical language, but also an official language of India. It has a similar position in India to... Sanskrit. Thus, while a BHS text will look like a Sanskrit text, it will obey slightly different rules, and feature grammatical and lexical innovations not found in the Sanskrit corpus proper.

The term is not widely or consistently used, and owes its usage and definition largely to the scholarship of Franklin Edgerton.

Further Reading:

Edgerton, Franklin: Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, ISBN 8121511100