๐๐ผ
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
Etymology tree
Either a palatalised form of ๐ข๐ผ (tu, โbutโ) or from Sanskrit เค (ca, โandโ) +โ Sanskrit เคคเฅ (tu, โbutโ).[1]
Particle
๐๐ผ (cu)
- but
- c. 258 BCE, Aลoka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Brahmagiri.3-4:
- ๐๐ซ๐บ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ฆ ๐
๐ซ๐บ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ค๐ป๐ง๐ฒ๐บ
๐ซ๐บ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐๐ณ๐บ- iminฤ cu kฤlena amisฤ samฤnฤ munisฤ jaแนbudฤซpasi
misฤ devehi - But men in Jambudvฤซpa, being during that time unmingled, (are now) mingled with the gods.
- iminฤ cu kฤlena amisฤ samฤnฤ munisฤ jaแนbudฤซpasi
- ๐๐ซ๐บ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ฆ ๐
๐ซ๐บ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ค๐ป๐ง๐ฒ๐บ
Alternative forms
Attested at Bairat, Brahmagiri, Calcutta-Bairat, Delhi-Topra, Dhauli, Gavimath, Jaugada, Kalsi, Nittur, Panguraria, Rajula-Mandagiri, Rupnath, Sahasram, Siddapura, Udegolam and Yerragudi.
| Dialectal forms of ๐ข๐ผ (โbutโ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Kalsi | ๐๐ผ (cu) | |
| Delhi-Topra | ๐๐ผ (cu) | ||
| Rupnath | ๐๐ผ (cu) | ||
| Bairat | ๐๐ผ (cu) | ?๐๐ผ (cu) | |
| Sahasram | ๐๐ผ (cu), ๐ (ca) | ||
| Calcutta-Bairat | ๐๐ผ (cu) | ||
| Panguraria | ๐๐ผ (cu), ๐ (ca) | ||
| Bahapur | ๐ (ca) | ||
| Ahraura | ๐ (ca) | ||
| East | Dhauli | ๐๐ผ (cu), ๐ข๐ผ (tu) | |
| Jaugada | ๐๐ผ (cu), ๐ข๐ผ (tu) | ||
| Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | ๐จ๐จ (tu), ๐จ๐จ (cu) | |
| Mansehra | ๐จ๐จ (tu), ๐จ๐จ (cu) | ||
| West | Girnar | ๐ข๐ผ (tu) | |
| South | Yerragudi | ๐๐ผ (cu), ๐ข๐ผ (tu) | |
| Siddapura | ๐๐ผ (cu), ๐ข๐ผ (tu) | ||
| Brahmagiri | ๐๐ผ (cu), ๐ข๐ผ (tu) | ||
| Rajula-Mandagiri | ๐๐ผ (cu), ๐ข๐ผ (tu) | ||
| Udegolam | ๐๐ผ (cu), ๐ข๐ผ (tu) | ||
| Nittur | ๐๐ผ (cu), ๐ข๐ผ (tu) | ||
| Gavimath | ๐๐ผ (cu) | ||
| Map of dialectal forms of ๐ข๐ผ (โbutโ) | ||
|---|---|---|
References
- ^ Turner, R[alph] L[illey] (1932) The Gavฤซmaแนญh and Pฤlkฤซguแนแธu Inscriptions of Aลoka (Hyderabad Archaeological Series; 10)โ[1], Hyderabad: His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Government, page 10
Further reading
- Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) โcuโ, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aลoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 150
- Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aลoka (new edition), in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 240.