π²ππ
Ashokan Prakrit
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Sanskrit ΰ€Έΰ€ΰ₯ΰ€ (saαΉ
gha)
Ashokan Prakrit π²ππ (saαΉgha)
Inherited from Sanskrit ΰ€Έΰ€ΰ₯ΰ€ (saαΉ gha). Cognate with Pali saαΉ gha.
Noun
π²ππ (saαΉgha) n
- (Buddhism) the Sangha, monastic order
- c. 258 BCE, AΕoka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Brahmagiri.2-3:
- π²πΈπ’πΊππππ π’πΌ ππ π²ππ―ππππ
π¬π π«π¬πΈ π²πππ ππ§π¬π»π’π π©πΈπ π π π«π π§πππ’π- sΔtireke tu kho saαΉvachareαΉ
yaαΉ mayΔ saαΉghe upayΔ«te bΔαΈhaαΉ ca me pakaαΉte
- 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch
- But indeed a year and somewhat more (has passed) since I have visited the SaαΉgha and have been very zealous.
- sΔtireke tu kho saαΉvachareαΉ
- π²πΈπ’πΊππππ π’πΌ ππ π²ππ―ππππ
Declension
| Declension of π²ππ (saαΉgha) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | π²πππ, π²πππ saαΉghe, saαΉghaαΉ |
β |
| accusative | β | β |
| instrumental | β | β |
| dative | β | β |
| ablative | β | β |
| genitive | β | β |
| locative | β | β |
Alternative forms
Attested at Bairat, Brahmagiri, Gavimath, Gujarra, Maski, Nittur, Panguraria, Rupnath, Siddapura and Yerragudi.
| Dialectal forms of π²ππ (βSanghaβ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Rupnath | π²ππ (saαΉgha) | ?π²πππ nom.sg (saαΉghe) |
| Bairat | π²ππ (saαΉgha) | π²πππ nom.sg (saαΉghe) | |
| Gujarra | π²ππ (saαΉgha) | ?π²πππ nom.sg (saαΉghe) | |
| Panguraria | π²ππ (saαΉgha) | ?π²πππ nom.sg (saαΉghe) | |
| Bahapur | π²π (sagha) | π²ππ nom.sg (saghe) | |
| South | Yerragudi | π²ππ (saαΉgha) | π²πππ nom.sg (saαΉghe) |
| Siddapura | π²ππ (saαΉgha) | ?π²πππ nom.sg (saαΉghe) | |
| Brahmagiri | π²ππ (saαΉgha) | π²πππ nom.sg (saαΉghe) | |
| Maski | π²ππ (saαΉgha) | π²πππ nom.sg (saαΉghaαΉ) | |
| Nittur | π²ππ (saαΉgha) | π²πππ nom.sg (saαΉghe) | |
| Gavimath | π²ππ (saαΉgha) | π²πππ nom.sg (saαΉghe) | |
| Map of dialectal forms of π²ππ (βSanghaβ) | ||
|---|---|---|
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π²ππ (saαΉgha) (10) π²π (sagha) (1) | ||
References
- Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) βsaαΉgha-β, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of AΕoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 172