𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲

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Noun

𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲 m

  1. Brahmi script form of rakkhasa

Declension

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀭𑀸𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀲 (rākṣasá).

Noun

𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲 (rakkhasam (Devanagari रक्खस, Gujarati રક્ખસ, Kannada ರಕ್ಖಸ, feminine 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀻) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, Ardhamāgadhī, Śaurasenī)

  1. demon, fiend
    • c. 400 CE, Pravarasena II, Rāvaṇavadha Canto XII, line 84:
      𑀘𑀟𑀼𑀮-𑀯𑀟𑀸𑀆-𑀡𑀺𑀯𑀳𑁄 𑀓𑀁𑀘𑀡-𑀖𑀭-𑀪𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺-𑀯𑀺𑀅𑀟-𑀓𑀽𑀯𑀭-𑀩𑀁𑀥𑁄
      𑀇𑀁𑀤𑀇𑀡𑁄-𑀯𑀺 𑀧𑀲𑀭𑀺𑀑 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀤𑁂𑀲𑁄-𑀯 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲-𑀉𑀭𑀻𑀅 𑀭𑀳𑁄
      caḍula-vaḍāā-ṇivaho kaṃcaṇa-ghara-bhitti-viaḍa-kūvara-baṃdho
      iṃdaïṇo-vi pasario ĕkkuddeso-va rakkhasa-urīa raho
      • 1974 translation by Krishna Kanta Handique
        The chariot of Indrajit, with the pole-frame broad as the golden wall of the palace
        advanced, with flags flying, as if it were a segment of the city of the demons.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲 (masculine)
singular plural
Nominative 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑁄 (rakkhaso) 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀸 (rakkhasā)
Accusative 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀁 (rakkhasaṃ) 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑁂 (rakkhase) or 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀸 (rakkhasā)
Instrumental 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑁂𑀡 (rakkhaseṇa) or 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (rakkhaseṇaṃ) 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (rakkhasehi) or 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (rakkhasehiṃ)
Dative 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀸𑀅 (rakkhasāa)
Ablative 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀸𑀑 (rakkhasāo) or 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀸𑀉 (rakkhasāu) or 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀸 (rakkhasā) or 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (rakkhasāhi) or 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (rakkhasāhiṃto)
Genitive 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (rakkhasassa) 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀸𑀡 (rakkhasāṇa) or 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (rakkhasāṇaṃ)
Locative 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (rakkhasammi) or 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑁂 (rakkhase) 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (rakkhasesu) or 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (rakkhasesuṃ)
Vocative 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲 (rakkhasa) or 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀸 (rakkhasā) 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲𑀸 (rakkhasā)

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References

  • E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa, London: Trübner & Co., page 175
  • Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 224
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rakkhasa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 618