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Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
From ๐ง๐๐ข (pota /โ pottaโ /) + Middle Indo-Aryan -๐- (-ka-), from Sanskrit เคชเฅเคคเฅเคฐ (paรบtra).
Noun
๐ง๐๐ข๐ (potaka /pottaka/)
- son's son, grandson
c. 237 BCE,
Aลoka,
Major Rock Edict 5 Delhi-Topra.7-9:
- ๐ ๐๐ด๐๐ธ ๐๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ธ ๐๐ช๐บ๐ฆ๐ป ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ธ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ป๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฏ ๐
๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐บ ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ธ๐ฒ๐บ๐๐
- [โฆ] i eแธทakฤ cฤ sลซkalฤซ cฤ gabhinฤซ va pฤyamฤซnฤ va avadhiyฤ potake pi ca kฤni ฤsaแนmฤsike [โฆ]
Attested at Delhi-Topra.
Map of dialectal forms of ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ญ (โson's sonโ)
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Descendants
- Sauraseni Prakrit: *๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข-๐ (*potta-ga)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ1985) โpaรบtraโ, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press