๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข
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Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
Etymology tree
Sanskrit เคฎเคพเคคเฅเคฐเคพ (mฤtrฤ)
Ashokan Prakrit ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข (mahฤmฤta)
Inherited from Sanskrit เคฎเคนเคพเคฎเคพเคคเฅเคฐ (mahฤmฤtra, โchief, bestโ), from เคฎเคนเคคเฅ (mahat) + เคฎเคพเคคเฅเคฐเคพ (mฤtrฤ).
Noun
๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข (mahฤmฤta /mahฤmฤtta/) m
- mahฤmฤta, official, administrator
- c. 258 BCE, Aลoka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Brahmagiri.1:
- ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ก๐๐บ๐ญ๐ป๐ข๐ ๐
๐ฌ๐ง๐ผ๐ข๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข๐ธ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐บ ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข๐ธ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐บ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ ๐ณ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ
- suvaแนแนagirฤซte ayaputasa mahฤmฤtฤแนaแน ca vacanena isilasi mahฤmฤtฤ ฤrogiyaแน vataviyฤ hevaแน ca vataviyฤ
- 1997 translation by Romila Thapar
- From Suvarnagiri, on the order of his Highness the Prince, and the officers: good health to the officers of Isila who are to be instructed thus.
- ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ก๐๐บ๐ญ๐ป๐ข๐ ๐
๐ฌ๐ง๐ผ๐ข๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข๐ธ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐บ ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข๐ธ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐บ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ ๐ณ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ
Declension
| Declension of ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข (mahฤmฤta) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | โ | ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข๐ธ mahฤmฤtฤ |
| accusative | โ | โ |
| instrumental | โ | โ |
| dative | โ | โ |
| ablative | โ | โ |
| genitive | โ | ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข๐ธ๐ก๐ mahฤmฤtฤแนaแน |
| locative | โ | โ |
Alternative forms
Attested at Brahmagiri, Dhauli, Jatinga-Rameshwara, Jaugada, Kalsi and Siddapura.
| Dialectal forms of ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข (โofficialโ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Kalsi | ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข (mahฤmฤta) | |
| East | Dhauli | ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข (mahฤmฤta) | |
| Jaugada | ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข (mahฤmฤta) | ||
| Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | ๐จจ๐จฑ๐จจ๐จ๐จฟ๐จช (mahamatra) | |
| Mansehra | ๐จจ๐จฑ๐จจ๐จ๐จฟ๐จช (mahamatra) | ||
| West | Girnar | ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข๐๐ญ (mahฤmฤtra) | |
| South | Siddapura | ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข (mahฤmฤta) | ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข๐ธ nom.pl (mahฤmฤtฤ), ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข๐ธ๐ก๐ gen.pl (mahฤmฤtฤแนaแน) |
| Brahmagiri | ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข (mahฤmฤta) | ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข๐ธ nom.pl (mahฤmฤtฤ), ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข๐ธ๐ก๐ gen.pl (mahฤmฤtฤแนaแน) | |
| Jatinga-Rameshwara | ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข (mahฤmฤta) | ?๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข๐ธ๐ก๐ gen.pl (mahฤmฤtฤแนaแน) | |
| Map of dialectal forms of ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข (โofficialโ) | ||
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 ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข (mahฤmฤta) (8) ๐จจ๐จฑ๐จจ๐จ๐จฟ๐จช (mahamatra) (2) ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ธ๐ข๐๐ญ (mahฤmฤtra) (1) | ||
Descendants
- Prakrit: ๐ซ๐ณ๐ธ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข (mahฤmatta, โelephant-driverโ) (see there for further descendants)
References
- Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) โmahฤmฤta-โ, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aลoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 163
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ1985) โmahฤmฤtraโ, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 572