𑀫𑀙

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Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mátsyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas. Cognate with Pali maccha.

Noun

𑀫𑀙 (macha /maccha/) m (Delhi-Topra)

  1. fish
    • c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Rock Edict 13 lines 11-13:
      𑀢𑀻𑀲𑀼 𑀙𑀸𑀢𑀼𑀁𑀫𑀸𑀲𑀻𑀲𑀼 𑀢𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀬𑀁 𑀧𑀼𑀁𑀦𑀫𑀸𑀲𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 𑀤𑀺𑀯𑀲𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀘𑀸𑀯𑀼𑀤𑀲𑀁 𑀧𑀁𑀦𑀤𑀲𑀁 𑀧𑀝𑀺𑀧𑀸𑀤𑀬𑁂 𑀥𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀬𑁂 𑀘𑀸 𑀅𑀦𑀼𑀧𑁄𑀲𑀣𑀁 𑀫𑀙𑁂 𑀅𑀯𑀥𑀺𑀬𑁂 𑀦𑁄 𑀧𑀺 𑀯𑀺𑀓𑁂𑀢𑀯𑀺𑀬𑁂
      tīsu chātuṃmāsīsu tisāyaṃ puṃnamāsiyaṃ tiṃni divasāni cāvudasaṃ paṃnadasaṃ paṭipādaye dhuvāye cā anuposathaṃ mache avadhiye no pi viketaviye
      Fish are inviolable, and must not be sold, on the three Chāturmāsīs on the Tishyā full-moon during three days, the fourteenth, the fifteenth, the first , and invariably on every fast-day.

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References

  • Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 47.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mátsya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press