๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
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Proto-Indo-European *bสฐenวตสฐ-
Proto-Indo-European *-tรณs
Sanskrit เคฌเคพเคข (bฤแธha)
Ashokan Prakrit ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน)
Inherited from Sanskrit เคฌเคพเคข (bฤแธha). Cognate with Pali bฤแธทha, bฤแธทhaแน.
Adverb
๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน)
- very, greatly
- c. 258 BCE, Aลoka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Brahmagiri.3:
- ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ผ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐
- no tu kho bฤแธhaแน prakaแนte husaแน ekaแน savacharaแน
- 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch
- But indeed I had not been very zealous for one year.
- ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ผ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐
Alternative forms
Attested at Ahraura, Brahmagiri, Calcutta-Bairat, Delhi-Topra, Dhauli, Gavimath, Girnar, Gujarra, Jatinga-Rameshwara, Jaugada, Kalsi, Lauriya-Araraj, Nittur, Panguraria, Rajula-Mandagiri, Sahasram, Siddapura and Udegolam.
| Dialectal forms of ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (โveryโ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Kalsi | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน), ๐ฉ๐ ๐ (baแธhaแน), ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ (bฤแธha) | |
| Delhi-Topra | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน), ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ (bฤแธha) | ||
| Lauriya-Araraj | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | ||
| Rupnath | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐บ (bฤแธhi), ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐บ๐ (bฤแธhiแน) | ||
| Bairat | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐บ๐ (bฤแธhiแน) | ||
| Sahasram | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | ||
| Gujarra | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | ?๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | |
| Calcutta-Bairat | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน), ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ (bฤแธha) | ||
| Panguraria | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | ?๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | |
| Bahapur | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐บ๐ (bฤแธhiแน) | ||
| Ahraura | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | ||
| East | Dhauli | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | |
| Jaugada | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | ||
| Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | ๐จฆ๐จ๐จ (baแธhaแน) | |
| Mansehra | ๐จฆ๐จ๐จ (baแธhaแน) | ||
| West | Girnar | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | |
| South | Yerragudi | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ (bฤแธha) | |
| Siddapura | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน), ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ (bฤแธha) | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ per Hultzsch (bฤแธha) | |
| Brahmagiri | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน), ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ (bฤแธha) | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ per Hultzsch (bฤแธha) | |
| Jatinga-Rameshwara | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | ?๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน), ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ per Hultzsch (bฤแธhaแน) | |
| Rajula-Mandagiri | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | ||
| Udegolam | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | ||
| Nittur | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | ?๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | |
| Gavimath | ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) | ||
| Map of dialectal forms of ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (โveryโ) | ||
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๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน) (19) ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ (bฤแธha) (6) ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐บ๐ (bฤแธhiแน) (3) ๐จฆ๐จ๐จ (baแธhaแน) (2) ๐ฉ๐ ๐ (baแธhaแน) (1) ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐บ (bฤแธhi) (1) | ||
Derived terms
- ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ (bฤแธhataraแน)
Descendants
- Prakrit: ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ (bฤแธhaแน)
References
- Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) โbฤแธha-โ, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aลoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 161
- Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aลoka (new edition), in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 249.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ1985) โbฤแธhรก-โ, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 519