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Prakrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit ๐‘€˜๐‘‚๐‘€ฏ (ceva). Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit ๐‘€˜๐‘‚๐‘€… (cea), Ardhamagadhi Prakrit ๐‘€˜๐‘‚๐‘€ฏ (ceva).

Particle

๐‘€˜๐‘€บ๐‘€… (cia) (Devanagari เคšเคฟเค…, Kannada เฒšเฒฟเฒ…) (Mฤhฤrฤแนฃแนญrฤซ) (enclitic)

  1. precisely, only
    • c. 200 CE โ€“ 600 CE, Hฤla, Gฤhฤ Sattasaฤซ 16:
      ๐‘€…๐‘€ซ๐‘€…-๐‘€ซ๐‘€… ๐‘€•๐‘€…๐‘€ก-๐‘€ฒ๐‘‚๐‘€ณ๐‘€ญ ๐‘€ญ๐‘€…๐‘€ก๐‘€ป-๐‘€ซ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ณ-๐‘€ข๐‘€บ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€… ๐‘€˜๐‘€๐‘€ค ๐‘€ค๐‘‚ ๐‘€™๐‘€บ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ผ
      ๐‘€™๐‘€บ๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ข๐‘„ ๐‘€š๐‘‚๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ ๐‘€ง๐‘€บ๐‘€…๐‘€…๐‘€ซ๐‘„ ๐‘€ซ๐‘€ซ๐‘€-๐‘€ง๐‘€บ ๐‘€ข๐‘‚๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ๐‘€-๐‘€˜๐‘€บ๐‘€… ๐‘€“๐‘€ญ๐‘‚๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ๐‘€
      amaa-maa gaaแน‡a-sehara raaแน‡ฤซ-muha-tilaa caแนƒda de chivasu
      chitto jehi piaamo mamaแนƒ-pi tehiแนƒ-cia karehiแนƒ
      Sweet moon, crest jewel of the sky, beauty spot on the face of night,
      Touch me with the very same rays with which youโ€™ve touched my most dearly beloved.

Descendants

Further reading

  • Sheth, Hargovind Das T (1923โ€“1928) โ€œเคšเคฟเค…โ€, in เคชเคพเค‡เค…-เคธเคฆเฅเคฆ-เคฎเคนเคฃเฅเคฃเคตเฅ‹ [pฤia-sadda-mahaแน‡แน‡avo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: .
  • Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 83
  • Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakritโ€Ž, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 105.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ€“1985) โ€œcaivaโ€, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press