๐‘€ณ๐‘€ป๐‘€ฌ๐‘€

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

    Possibly from ๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ (hi) + ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ).

    Pronoun

    ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ป๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (hฤซyaแนƒ)

    1. (emphatic) synonym of ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ, โ€œthis oneโ€)
      • c. 258 BCE, Aล›oka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Brahmagiri.3-4:
        ๐‘€ฆ๐‘„ ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ป๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ ๐‘€ฒ๐‘€“๐‘†๐‘€ฌ๐‘‚ ๐‘€ซ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ง๐‘‚๐‘€ฆ๐‘‚๐‘€ฏ ๐‘€ง๐‘€ธ๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข๐‘€ฏ๐‘‚ ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€ซ๐‘€ ๐‘€ข๐‘€ผ ๐‘€”๐‘„ ๐‘€”๐‘€ผ๐‘€ค๐‘€“๐‘‚๐‘€ฆ ๐‘€ง๐‘€บ
        ๐‘€ง๐‘€“๐‘€ซ๐‘€บ [โ€ฆ] ๐‘€ก๐‘‚๐‘€ก ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€บ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฎ๐‘‚ ๐‘€ฒ๐‘†๐‘€ฏ๐‘€•๐‘‚ ๐‘€ฒ๐‘€“๐‘†๐‘€ฌ๐‘‚ ๐‘€†๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฅ๐‘‚๐‘€ข๐‘€ฏ๐‘‚
        no hฤซyaแนƒ sakye mahฤtpeneva pฤpotave kฤmaแนƒ tu kho khudakena pi
        pakami [โ€ฆ] แน‡eแน‡a vipule svage sakye ฤrฤdhetave
        For this cannot be reached by (a person) of high rank alone, but indeed even a lowly (person) can at liberty attain the great heaven if he is zealous.

    Determiner

    ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ป๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (hฤซyaแนƒ)

    1. (emphatic) synonym of ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ, โ€œthisโ€)

    Alternative forms

    Attested at Barabar, Brahmagiri and Rajula-Mandagiri.

    Dialectal forms of ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (โ€œthisโ€)
    Variety Location Lemmas Forms
    Central Kalsi ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ)
    Delhi-Topra ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ)
    Sarnath ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ)
    Rupnath ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ (iya), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ m.nom.sg (iyaแนƒ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ m.nom.sg (iya), ๐‘€๐‘€ฒ n.nom.sg (esa), ๐‘€๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ธ n.nom.sg (esฤ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฌ m.dat.sg (imฤya)
    Bairat ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ๐‘€๐‘€ฒ n.nom.sg (esa), ๐‘€๐‘€ฒ๐‘‚ n.nom.sg (ese)
    Allahabad-Kosambi ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ)
    Sahasram ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ m.nom.sg; n.nom.sg (iyaแนƒ)
    Gujarra ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ n.nom.sg (iyaแนƒ)
    Barabar ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ป๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (hฤซyaแนƒ) ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ป๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ n.nom.sg (hฤซyaแนƒ)
    Panguraria ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (ayaแนƒ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ m.nom.sg (ayaแนƒ), ๐‘€๐‘€ฒ๐‘‚ n.nom.sg (ese), ๐‘€๐‘€ฒ n.nom.sg (esa), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘€ m.acc.sg (imaแนƒ)
    Bahapur ๐‘€๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (eyaแนƒ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ?๐‘€๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ m.nom.sg (eyaแนƒ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ n.nom.sg (iyaแนƒ), ๐‘€๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ธ n.nom.sg (esฤ), ?๐‘€๐‘€ฒ n.nom.sg (esa), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฌ m.dat.sg (imฤya)
    Ahraura ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ m.nom.sg; n.nom.sg (iyaแนƒ), ๐‘€๐‘€ฒ n.nom.sg (esa)
    East Dhauli ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ)
    Jaugada ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ)
    Northwest Shahbazgarhi ๐จ€๐จฉ (aya), ๐จ€๐จฉ๐จŽ (ayaแนƒ)
    Mansehra ๐จ€๐จ๐จฉ๐จŽ (iyaแนƒ)
    West Girnar ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (ayaแนƒ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ)
    South Yerragudi ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ m.nom.sg; n.nom.sg (iyaแนƒ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘€ m.acc.sg (imaแนƒ), ?๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘€บ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€ธ m.ins.sg (iminฤ), ?๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘‚ m.nom.pl (ime)
    Siddapura ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ m.nom.sg; n.nom.sg (iyaแนƒ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘€ m.acc.sg (imaแนƒ), ?๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘€บ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€ธ m.ins.sg (iminฤ), ?๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘‚ m.nom.pl (ime)
    Brahmagiri ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ป๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (hฤซyaแนƒ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ m.nom.sg; n.nom.sg (iyaแนƒ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘€ m.acc.sg (imaแนƒ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘€บ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€ธ m.ins.sg (iminฤ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘‚ m.nom.pl (ime), ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ป๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ n.nom.sg (hฤซyaแนƒ)
    Maski ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ?๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ n.nom.sg (iyaแนƒ), ?๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘€ n.acc.sg (imaแนƒ)
    Jatinga-Rameshwara ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ n.nom.sg (iyaแนƒ), ?๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘‚ m.nom.pl (ime)
    Rajula-Mandagiri ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ป๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (hฤซyaแนƒ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ m.nom.sg; n.nom.sg (iyaแนƒ), ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ป๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ n.nom.sg (hฤซyaแนƒ), ?๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘€บ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€ธ m.ins.sg (iminฤ), ?๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘‚ m.nom.pl (ime)
    Udegolam ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ m.nom.sg; n.nom.sg (iyaแนƒ), ?๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘€บ๐‘€ก๐‘€ธ m.ins.sg (imiแน‡ฤ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘‚ m.nom.pl (ime)
    Nittur ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ m.nom.sg; n.nom.sg (iyaแนƒ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘€ m.acc.sg (imaแนƒ), ?๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘€บ๐‘€ก๐‘€ธ m.ins.sg (imiแน‡ฤ), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘‚ m.nom.pl (ime)
    Gavimath ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ m.nom.sg; n.nom.sg (iyaแนƒ), ๐‘€๐‘€ฒ n.nom.sg (esa), ๐‘€‡๐‘€ซ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ f.loc.sg (imฤyaแนƒ)
    Palkigundu ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ n.nom.sg (iyaแนƒ)
    Map of dialectal forms of ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (โ€œthisโ€)
    ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (iyaแนƒ) (54)
    ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ป๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (hฤซyaแนƒ) (3)
    ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (ayaแนƒ) (2)
    ๐จ€๐จ๐จฉ๐จŽ (iyaแนƒ) (1)
    ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฌ (iya) (1)
    ๐จ€๐จฉ๐จŽ (ayaแนƒ) (1)
    ๐‘€๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ (eyaแนƒ) (1)
    ๐จ€๐จฉ (aya) (1)

    References

    • Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) โ€œhฤซyaแนƒโ€, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aล›oka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 178