𑀕𑀪𑀺𑀦𑀻

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit ग॒र्भिणी॑ (garbhíṇī).[1][2]

    Adjective

    𑀕𑀪𑀺𑀦𑀻 (gabhinī /gabbhinī/) (Delhi-Topra)[3]

    1. pregnant
      • c. 304 BCE – 232 BCE, Aśoka, Major Pillar Edict 5 Delhi-Topra.8:[4][5]
        𑀏𑀴𑀓𑀸 𑀘𑀸 𑀲𑀽𑀓𑀮𑀻 𑀘𑀸 𑀕𑀪𑀺𑀦𑀻 𑀯 𑀧𑀸𑀬𑀫𑀻𑀦 𑀯 𑀅𑀯𑀥𑀺𑀬𑀸 𑀧𑁄𑀢𑀓𑁂
        eḷakā cā sūkalī cā gabhinī va pāyamīna va avadhiyā potake
        /eḷakkā cā sūkalī cā gabbhinī va pāyamīna va avadhiyā pottake/

    Descendants

    • Prakrit: 𑀕𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀺𑀡𑀻 (gabbhiṇī)
      • Apabhramsa: गब्भिणी (gabbhiṇī) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    More information
    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “garbhíṇī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 217: “Aś. gabhinī”
    2. ^ Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 75.
    3. ^ Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aśoka (new edition), in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 424, column 2.
    4. ^ Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aśoka (new edition), in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 284.
    5. ^ Sen, Amulyachandra (1956) Asoka's Edicts‎[1], Pooran Press, page 154
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