𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Sanskrit षड्विं॑शति (ṣáḍviṃśati), from षष् (ṣaṣ) + विं॒श॒ति (viṃśatí).
Numeral
𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)[1] (cardinal number)
- twenty-six
- c. 304 BCE – 232 BCE, Aśoka, Major Pillar Edict 5 Delhi-Topra.1-2:
- […] 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺𑀯𑀲
𑀅𑀪𑀺𑀲𑀺𑀢𑁂𑀦 𑀫𑁂 𑀇𑀫𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀚𑀸𑀢𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀅𑀯𑀥𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀓𑀝𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀲𑁂𑀬𑀣𑀸- […] saḍuvīsativasa
abhisitena me imāni jātāni avadhiyāni kaṭāni seyathā
- 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch[2]
- (When I had been) anointed twenty-six years, the following animals were declared by me inviolable, viz. […]
- […] saḍuvīsativasa
- […] 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺𑀯𑀲
Alternative forms
Attested at Allahabad-Kosambi, Delhi-Topra, Lauriya-Araraj and Lauriya-Nandangarh.
| Dialectal forms of 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (“twenty-six”) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Delhi-Topra | 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) | 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) |
| Rampurva | 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvāsati) | 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvāsati) | |
| Lauriya-Nandangarh | 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) | 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) | |
| Lauriya-Araraj | 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) | 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) | |
| Allahabad-Kosambi | 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) | 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) | |
| Map of dialectal forms of 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (“twenty-six”) | ||
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𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) (4) 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvāsati) (1) | ||
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀙𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀻𑀲 (chavvīsa) (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṣáḍviṁśati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 742
- ^ Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aśoka (new edition)[1], in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press.