π’πΌ
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Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit ΰ€€ΰ₯ (tu).
Particle
π’πΌ (tu)
- but
- c. 258 BCE, AΕoka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Brahmagiri.3:
- π¦π π’πΌ ππ π©πΈπ π π§πππππ’π π³πΌπ²π πππ π²π―πππ
- no tu kho bΔαΈhaαΉ prakaαΉte husaαΉ ekaαΉ savacharaαΉ
- 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch
- But indeed I had not been very zealous for one year.
- π¦π π’πΌ ππ π©πΈπ π π§πππππ’π π³πΌπ²π πππ π²π―πππ
Alternative forms
Attested at Brahmagiri, Dhauli, Girnar, Jaugada, Nittur, Rajula-Mandagiri, Siddapura, Udegolam and Yerragudi.
| Dialectal forms of π’πΌ (βbutβ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Kalsi | ππΌ (cu) | |
| Delhi-Topra | ππΌ (cu) | ||
| Rupnath | ππΌ (cu) | ||
| Bairat | ππΌ (cu) | ?ππΌ (cu) | |
| Sahasram | ππΌ (cu), π (ca) | ||
| Calcutta-Bairat | ππΌ (cu) | ||
| Panguraria | ππΌ (cu), π (ca) | ||
| Bahapur | π (ca) | ||
| Ahraura | π (ca) | ||
| East | Dhauli | ππΌ (cu), π’πΌ (tu) | |
| Jaugada | ππΌ (cu), π’πΌ (tu) | ||
| Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | π¨π¨ (tu), π¨π¨ (cu) | |
| Mansehra | π¨π¨ (tu), π¨π¨ (cu) | ||
| West | Girnar | π’πΌ (tu) | |
| South | Yerragudi | ππΌ (cu), π’πΌ (tu) | |
| Siddapura | ππΌ (cu), π’πΌ (tu) | ||
| Brahmagiri | ππΌ (cu), π’πΌ (tu) | ||
| Rajula-Mandagiri | ππΌ (cu), π’πΌ (tu) | ||
| Udegolam | ππΌ (cu), π’πΌ (tu) | ||
| Nittur | ππΌ (cu), π’πΌ (tu) | ||
| Gavimath | ππΌ (cu) | ||
| Map of dialectal forms of π’πΌ (βbutβ) | ||
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References
- Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) βtuβ, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of AΕoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 152
- Hultzsch, E (1925) Inscriptions of AΕoka (new edition), in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 241.