๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข๐‘€“

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Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From ๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข (pota /โ pottaโ /) + Middle Indo-Aryan -๐‘€“- (-ka-), from Sanskrit เคชเฅŒเคคเฅเคฐ (paรบtra).

Noun

๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข๐‘€“ (potaka /pottaka/)

  1. son's son, grandson
    • c. 237 BCE, Aล›oka, Major Rock Edict 5 Delhi-Topra.7-9:
      ๐‘€‡ ๐‘€๐‘€ด๐‘€“๐‘€ธ ๐‘€˜๐‘€ธ ๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ฝ๐‘€“๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ป ๐‘€˜๐‘€ธ ๐‘€•๐‘€ช๐‘€บ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€ป ๐‘€ฏ ๐‘€ง๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ซ๐‘€ป๐‘€ฆ๐‘€ธ ๐‘€ฏ ๐‘€…๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ฅ๐‘€บ๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ธ ๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข๐‘€“๐‘‚ ๐‘€ง๐‘€บ ๐‘€˜ ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€บ ๐‘€†๐‘€ฒ๐‘€๐‘€ซ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฒ๐‘€บ๐‘€“๐‘‚
      [โ€ฆ] i eแธทakฤ cฤ sลซkalฤซ cฤ gabhinฤซ va pฤyamฤซnฤ va avadhiyฤ potake pi ca kฤni ฤsaแนƒmฤsike [โ€ฆ]

Alternative forms

Attested at Delhi-Topra.

Dialectal forms of ๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ญ (โ€œson's sonโ€)
Variety Location Lemmas Forms
Central Delhi-Topra ๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข๐‘€“ (potaka) ๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข๐‘€“ /pottaka/ (potaka)
West Girnar ๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ญ (potra), ๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข (pota) ๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข /potta/ (pota)
Map of dialectal forms of ๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ญ (โ€œson's sonโ€)
๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข๐‘€“ (potaka) (1)
๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข (pota) (1)
๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ญ (potra) (1)

Descendants

  • Sauraseni Prakrit: *๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ข-๐‘€• (*potta-ga)

References