The term apabhramsa was used in medieval Sanskrit texts to denote
- Aoutcastes among the Rajputs
- Bdeviations from Vedic rituals
- Cearly forms of some of the modern Indian languagesCorrect
- Dnon-Sanskrit verse metres
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