๐ ๐ฅ๐บ๐
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Sanskrit เค เคงเคฟเค (adhika).
Adjective
๐ ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (adhika)
- exceeding, greater than
- c. 258 BCE, Aลoka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Brahmagiri.2:
- ๐
๐ฅ๐บ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ ๐
๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฌ ๐ณ๐๐ [โฆ] ๐ฒ๐๐
- adhikฤni aแธhฤtiyฤni vasฤni ya hakaแน [โฆ] sake
- 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch
- More than two and a half years (have passed) since I (am) a lay-worshipper (upasaka).
- ๐
๐ฅ๐บ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ ๐
๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฌ ๐ณ๐๐ [โฆ] ๐ฒ๐๐
Declension
| Declension of ๐ ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (adhika) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | ๐
๐ฅ๐บ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ adhikฤni |
| 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 Brahmagiri, Rajula-Mandagiri, Siddapura and Yerragudi.
| Dialectal forms of ๐ ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (โexceedingโ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Rupnath | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐๐ (sฤtirakeka), ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ (sฤtilakeka), ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ (sฤtileka) | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ m.nom.sg (sฤtileke), ?๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (sฤtirakekฤni), ?๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ per Hultzsch; n.nom.pl (sฤtilakekฤni) |
| Bairat | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐ (sฤtireka) | ?๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (sฤtirekฤni) | |
| Sahasram | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (sฤdhika) | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฅ๐บ๐๐ m.nom.sg (sฤdhike) | |
| Gujarra | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (sฤdhika) | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฅ๐บ๐๐ m.nom.sg (sฤdhike) | |
| Panguraria | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (sฤdhika) | ?๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฅ๐บ๐๐ m.nom.sg (sฤdhike) | |
| Bahapur | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ (sฤtileka) | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ m.nom.sg (sฤtileke), ?๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (sฤtilekeni) | |
| Ahraura | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (sฤdhika) | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฅ๐บ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (sฤdhikฤni) | |
| South | Yerragudi | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐ (sฤtireka), ๐ ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (adhika) | ?๐ ๐ฅ๐บ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (adhikฤni), ?๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐๐ m.nom.sg (sฤtireke) |
| Siddapura | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐ (sฤtireka), ๐ ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (adhika) | ๐ ๐ฅ๐บ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (adhikฤni), ?๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐๐ m.nom.sg (sฤtireke) | |
| Brahmagiri | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐ (sฤtireka), ๐ ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (adhika) | ๐ ๐ฅ๐บ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (adhikฤni), ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (sฤtirekฤni), ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐๐ m.nom.sg (sฤtireke) | |
| Maski | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (sฤdhika) | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฅ๐บ๐๐ m.nom.sg (sฤdhike) | |
| Jatinga-Rameshwara | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐ (sฤtireka) | ?๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐๐ m.nom.sg (sฤtireke) | |
| Rajula-Mandagiri | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐ (sฤtireka), ๐ ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (adhika) | ?๐ ๐ฅ๐บ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (adhikฤni), ?๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐๐ m.nom.sg (sฤtireke) | |
| Nittur | ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ (adhvika), ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐ (sฤtireka) | ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐บ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ n.nom.pl (adhvikฤni), ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐๐ m.nom.sg (sฤtireke) | |
| Gavimath | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐ (sฤtireka) | ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐๐ธ๐ก๐บ n.nom.pl (sฤtirekฤแนi), ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐๐ m.nom.sg (sฤtireke) | |
| Map of dialectal forms of ๐ ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (โexceedingโ) | ||
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๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐ (sฤtireka) (10) ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (sฤdhika) (5) ๐ ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (adhika) (4) ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ (sฤtileka) (3) ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐๐๐ (sฤtirakeka) (1) ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ (adhvika) (1) ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ (sฤtilakeka) (1) | ||
Descendants
- Prakrit: ๐ ๐ฅ๐บ๐ (adhiga)
References
- Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aลoka (new edition)โ[1], in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) โadhika-โ, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aลoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 137