๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hรกrdสฐas
Sanskrit เค
เคฐเฅเคง (ardha)
Sanskrit เค
เคฐเฅเคงเคคเฅเคคเฅเคฏ (ardhatแนtฤซya)
Ashokan Prakrit ๐
๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (aแธhatiya)
Inherited from Sanskrit เค เคฐเฅเคงเคคเฅเคคเฅเคฏ (ardhatแนtฤซya). The expected descendant (and probable intermediary) is *aแธhatatiya.
Numeral
๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (aแธhatiya /aแธแธhatiya/) (cardinal number)
Declension
| Declension of ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (aแธhatiya) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | ๐
๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ aแธhatiyฤni |
| accusative | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| instrumental | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| dative | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| ablative | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| genitive | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| locative | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
Alternative forms
Attested at Gavimath, Gujarra, Maski, Panguraria, Rupnath and Sahasram.
| Dialectal forms of ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (โtwo and a halfโ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Rupnath | ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (aแธhatiya) | ?๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (aแธhatiyฤni) |
| Sahasram | ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (aแธhatiya) | ?๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (aแธhatiyฤni) | |
| Gujarra | ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (aแธhatiya) | ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (aแธhatiyฤni) | |
| Panguraria | ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (aแธhatiya) | ?๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (aแธhatiyฤni) | |
| Bahapur | ๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (aแธhฤtiya) | ?๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (aแธhฤtiyฤni) | |
| South | Siddapura | ๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (aแธhฤtiya) | ?๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (aแธhฤtiyฤni) |
| Brahmagiri | ๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (aแธhฤtiya) | ๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (aแธhฤtiyฤni) | |
| Maski | ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (aแธhatiya) | ?๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (aแธhatiyฤni) | |
| Rajula-Mandagiri | ๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (aแธhฤtiya) | ๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (aแธhฤtiyฤni) | |
| Nittur | ๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (aแธhฤtiya) | ๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (aแธhฤtiyฤni) | |
| Gavimath | ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (aแธhatiya) | ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (aแธhatiyฤni) | |
| Map of dialectal forms of ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ (โtwo and a halfโ) | ||
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Descendants
- Prakrit: ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐ฌ (aแธแธhฤiya), ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐ (aแธแธhฤijja), ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ (addhataรฏya), ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ (aแธแธhaรฏjja) (see there for further descendants)
References
- Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) โaแธhatiya-โ, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aลoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 136
- Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aลoka (new edition), in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 232.