𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀭𑀲

Prakrit

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    Cardinal: 𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀭𑀲 (aṭṭhārasa)

Alternative forms

  • 𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀮𑀰 (aṭṭhālaśa), 𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀮𑀳 (aṭṭhālaha)Māgadhī
  • 𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀭 (aṭṭhāra), 𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀤𑀲 (aṭṭhadasa)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अष्टादश (aṣṭā́daśa). Cognate with Pali aṭṭhādasa, aṭṭhārasa, Gandhari 𐨀𐨛𐨡𐨭 (aṭhadaśa).

Numeral

𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀭𑀲 (aṭṭhārasa) (Devanagari अट्ठारस, Gujarati અટ્ઠારસ, Kannada ಅಟ್ಠಾರಸ) (attested in Ardhamāgadhī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī) (cardinal number)

  1. eighteen
    • c. 700 CE, Anonymous, Maṇipati-Carita 558:
      𑀭𑀦𑁆𑀦𑀸 𑀭𑀸𑀬𑀕𑀺𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 𑀅𑀳 𑀉𑀕𑁆𑀖𑁄𑀲𑀸𑀯𑀺𑀬𑀁-𑀘 𑀧𑀟𑀳𑁂𑀡
      𑀚𑁄 𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀭𑀲 𑀯𑀁𑀓𑀁 𑀳𑀸𑀭𑀁 𑀲𑀁𑀥𑁂𑀇 𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀦𑀺𑀯𑁄 []
      rannā rāyagihammi aha ugghosāviyaṃ-ca paḍaheṇa
      jo aṭṭhārasa vaṃkaṃ hāraṃ saṃdhei tassa nivo []
      • 1959 translation by Robert Hamilton Blair Williams
        Then the king had a proclamation made with the drum in Rājagṛha :
        ‘ Whoso puts together the necklace with the eighteen links, to him the king []
    • c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti VI. Nami page 42 line 28:
      𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀭𑀲𑀡𑁆𑀳 𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀁 𑀧𑀸𑀯-𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀡 𑀢𑀳 𑀧𑀟𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀫𑀲𑀼 []
      aṭṭhārasaṇha sammaṃ pāva-aṭṭhāṇāṇa taha paḍikkamasu []
      • 1909 translation by John Jacob Meyer
        Repent properly also of the eighteen cases of sin []

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