๐‘€ข๐‘€”๐‘€ฒ๐‘€บ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ธ

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Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit เคคเค•เฅเคทเคถเคฟเคฒเคพ (takแนฃaล›ilฤ, โ€œCity of Cut Stoneโ€). Cognate with Gandhari ๐จŸ๐จ๐จฟโ€ซ๐จฎ๐จญ๐จ๐จซ (takโ€ซแนฃaล›ilaโ€ฌ), Pali Takkasilฤ.

Proper noun

๐‘€ข๐‘€”๐‘€ฒ๐‘€บ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ธ (takhasilฤ /takkhasilฤ/) f (Dhauli)

  1. Taxila (an ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan)
    • c. 257 BCE, Aล›oka, First Separate Major Rock Edict line 24:
      ๐‘€ณ๐‘‚๐‘€ซ๐‘‚๐‘€ฏ ๐‘€ข๐‘€”๐‘€ฒ๐‘€บ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ข๐‘‚ ๐‘€ง๐‘€บ
      hemeva takhasilฤte pi
      In the same way from Taxila also.

References

  • Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 86.