𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡
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Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
From Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇá).
Noun
𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (brāmhaṇa) m (Girnar)
- (Hinduism) a brahmana
- c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Major Rock Edict 4 Girnar:
- 𑀅𑀢𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀢𑀁 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭𑀁 𑀩𑀳𑀽𑀦𑀺 𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀲𑀢𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀯𑀠𑀺𑀢𑁄 𑀏𑀯 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀁𑀪𑁄 𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀲 𑀘 𑀪𑀽𑀢𑀸𑀦𑀫 𑀜𑀸𑀢𑀻𑀲𑀼 𑀅𑀲𑀁𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀢𑀺𑀧𑀢𑀻 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀭𑀫𑀡𑀸𑀦𑀁 𑀅𑀲𑀁𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀢𑀻𑀧𑀢𑀻
- atikātaṃ aṃtaraṃ bahūni vāsasatāni vaḍhito eva prāṇāraṃbho vihiṃsa ca bhūtānama ñātīsu asaṃpratipatī brāmhaṇasramaṇānaṃ asaṃpratīpatī
- In times past, for many hundreds of years, there had ever been promoted the killing of animals and the hurting of living beings, discourtesy to relatives, (and) discourtesy to Brāhmaṇas and Śramaṇas.
- 𑀅𑀢𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀢𑀁 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭𑀁 𑀩𑀳𑀽𑀦𑀺 𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀲𑀢𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀯𑀠𑀺𑀢𑁄 𑀏𑀯 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀁𑀪𑁄 𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀲 𑀘 𑀪𑀽𑀢𑀸𑀦𑀫 𑀜𑀸𑀢𑀻𑀲𑀼 𑀅𑀲𑀁𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀢𑀺𑀧𑀢𑀻 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀭𑀫𑀡𑀸𑀦𑀁 𑀅𑀲𑀁𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀢𑀻𑀧𑀢𑀻
Alternative forms
Attested at Girnar.
| Dialectal forms of 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (“bramhana”) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Kalsi | 𑀩𑀁𑀪𑀦 (baṃbhana) | |
| Delhi-Topra | 𑀩𑀸𑀪𑀦 (bābhana) | ||
| East | Dhauli | 𑀩𑀁𑀪𑀦 (baṃbhana), 𑀩𑀸𑀪𑀦 (bābhana) | |
| Jaugada | 𑀩𑀁𑀪𑀦 (baṃbhana), 𑀩𑀸𑀪𑀦 (bābhana) | ||
| Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa) | |
| Mansehra | 𐨦𐨨𐨞 (bamaṇa), 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa) | ||
| West | Girnar | 𑀩𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bāmhaṇa), 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (brāmhaṇa), 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bramhaṇa), 𑀩𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bamhaṇa) | |
| Sopara | 𑀩𑀁𑀪 (baṃbha) | ||
| Map of dialectal forms of 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (“bramhana”) | ||
|---|---|---|
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀩𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bamhaṇa), 𑀩𑀁𑀪𑀡 (baṃbhaṇa)
- Early Assamese: বামন (bamono)
- Assamese: বামুণ (bamun)
- Bengali: বামন (bamon)
- Bihari:
- Gujarati: બામણ (bāmaṇ)
- Hindustani:
- Konkani:
- Marathi: बामण (bāmaṇ)
- Nepali: बाहुन (bāhuna)
- Odia: ବାମୁଣ (bāmuṇa) (dialectal or obsolete ବାଭୁଣ (bābhuṇa), ବାମୁଣ (bāmuṇa), ବାମ୍ଭୁଣ (bāmbhuṇa))
- Pahari:
- Punjabi:
- Sindhi: براهَمَڻُ
- → Kurukh: बमभ्नस (bambhnas)
- Early Assamese: বামন (bamono)
- Elu:
- Sinhalese: බඹ (baᵐba)
- Gandhari: 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “brāhmaṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press