𑀈𑀲𑀻𑀲𑀺
Prakrit
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit ईषदीषत् (īṣadīṣat, reduplication of ईषत् (īṣat, “a little, slightly”)).
Adverb
𑀈𑀲𑀻𑀲𑀺 (īsīsi) (Devanagari ईसीसि, Kannada ಈಸೀಸಿ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)
- gently
- c. 400 CE, Śakuntalā Prologue:
- 𑀈𑀲𑀻𑀲𑀺𑀘𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀺𑀆𑀇𑀁 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 𑀲𑀼𑀉𑀫𑀸𑀭𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀭𑀲𑀺𑀳𑀸𑀇𑀁
- īsīsicumbiāiṃ bhamarehiṃ suumārakesarasihāiṃ
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 𑀈𑀲𑀻𑀲𑀺𑀘𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀺𑀆𑀇𑀁 𑀪𑀫𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 𑀲𑀼𑀉𑀫𑀸𑀭𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀭𑀲𑀺𑀳𑀸𑀇𑀁
References
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 107.