๐ค๐๐ฏ
Ashokan Prakrit
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Sanskrit เคฆเฅเคต (deva)
Ashokan Prakrit ๐ค๐๐ฏ (deva)
Inherited from Sanskrit เคฆเฅเคต (deva).
Noun
๐ค๐๐ฏ (deva) m
- (religion) god
- 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
- 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch
- 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
Declension
| Declension of ๐ค๐๐ฏ (deva) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | โ | ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐ธ devฤ |
| accusative | โ | โ |
| instrumental | โ | ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐๐ณ๐บ devehi |
| dative | โ | โ |
| ablative | โ | โ |
| genitive | โ | ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ devฤnaแน |
| locative | โ | โ |
Alternative forms
Attested at Bahapur, Bairat, Brahmagiri, Gavimath, Nittur, Panguraria, Rupnath, Siddapura and Yerragudi.
| Dialectal forms of ๐ค๐๐ฏ (โgodโ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Rupnath | ๐ค๐๐ฏ (deva) | ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐ธ nom.pl (devฤ) |
| Bairat | ๐ค๐๐ฏ (deva) | ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐๐ณ๐บ ins.pl (devehi) | |
| Panguraria | ๐ค๐๐ฏ (deva) | ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐ธ nom.pl (devฤ) | |
| Bahapur | ๐ค๐๐ฏ (deva) | ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐๐ณ๐บ ins.pl (devehi) | |
| South | Yerragudi | ๐ค๐๐ฏ (deva) | ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐๐ณ๐บ ins.pl (devehi), ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ gen.pl (devฤnaแน) |
| Siddapura | ๐ค๐๐ฏ (deva) | ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐๐ณ๐บ ins.pl (devehi) | |
| Brahmagiri | ๐ค๐๐ฏ (deva) | ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐๐ณ๐บ ins.pl (devehi) | |
| Nittur | ๐ค๐๐ฏ (deva) | ?๐ค๐๐ฏ๐๐ณ๐บ ins.pl (devehi) | |
| Gavimath | ๐ค๐๐ฏ (deva) | ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐ธ nom.pl (devฤ) | |
| Map of dialectal forms of ๐ค๐๐ฏ (โgodโ) | ||
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๐ค๐๐ฏ (deva) (10) | ||
Derived terms
- ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ธ๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐บ๐ฌ (devฤnฤแนpriya, โbeloved of the Godsโ)
References
- Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) โdeva-โ, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aลoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 154