𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
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Inherited from Sanskrit बन्धन (bandhana).
Noun
𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (baṃdhana) n
- imprisonment
- c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Separate Rock Edict 1 Dhauli.8:
- 𑀦𑀺𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀏𑀓𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀲𑁂 𑀧𑀺 𑀅𑀣𑀺 𑀬𑁂 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦𑀁 𑀯𑀸 𑀧𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀺𑀮𑁂𑀲𑀁 𑀯𑀸 𑀧𑀧𑀼𑀦𑀢𑀺
- nitiyaṃ ekapulise pi athi ye baṃdhanaṃ vā palikilesaṃ vā papunati
- 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch
- It happens in the administration (of justice) that a single person suffers either imprisonment or harsh treatment.
- 𑀦𑀺𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀏𑀓𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀲𑁂 𑀧𑀺 𑀅𑀣𑀺 𑀬𑁂 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦𑀁 𑀯𑀸 𑀧𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀺𑀮𑁂𑀲𑀁 𑀯𑀸 𑀧𑀧𑀼𑀦𑀢𑀺
Declension
| Declension of 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (baṃdhana) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦𑀁 baṃdhanaṃ |
— |
| accusative | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦𑀁 baṃdhanaṃ |
— |
| instrumental | — | — |
| dative | — | — |
| ablative | — | — |
| genitive | — | — |
| locative | — | — |
Alternative forms
Attested at Delhi-Topra and Dhauli.
| Dialectal forms of 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (“imprisonment”) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Delhi-Topra | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (baṃdhana) | |
| East | Dhauli | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (baṃdhana) | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦𑀁 nom.sg (baṃdhanaṃ), 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦𑀁 acc.sg (baṃdhanaṃ) |
| Map of dialectal forms of 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (“imprisonment”) | ||
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𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (baṃdhana) (4) | ||
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀡 (baṃdhaṇa)
References
- Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aśoka (new edition)[1], in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bándhana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 516