𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺

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Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ)
    Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
    Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
    Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥
    Proto-Indo-European *dwih₁ḱm̥ti
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwiHćati
    Sanskrit विं॒श॒ति (viṃśatí)
    Sanskrit षड्विं॑शति (ṣáḍviṃśati)
    Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)

    Inherited from Sanskrit षड्विं॑शति (ṣáḍviṃśati), from षष् (ṣaṣ) + विं॒श॒ति (viṃśatí).

    Numeral

    𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)[1] (cardinal number)

    1. twenty-six
      • c. 304 BCE – 232 BCE, Aśoka, Major Pillar Edict 5 Delhi-Topra.1-2:
        𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺𑀯𑀲
        𑀅𑀪𑀺𑀲𑀺𑀢𑁂𑀦 𑀫𑁂 𑀇𑀫𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀚𑀸𑀢𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀅𑀯𑀥𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀓𑀝𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀲𑁂𑀬𑀣𑀸
        […] saḍuvīsativasa
        abhisitena me imāni jātāni avadhiyāni kaṭāni seyathā
        • 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch[2]
          (When I had been) anointed twenty-six years, the following animals were declared by me inviolable, viz.

    Alternative forms

    Attested at Allahabad-Kosambi, Delhi-Topra, Lauriya-Araraj and Lauriya-Nandangarh.

    Dialectal forms of 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (“twenty-six”)
    Variety Location Lemmas Forms
    Central Delhi-Topra 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)
    Rampurva 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvāsati) 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvāsati)
    Lauriya-Nandangarh 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)
    Lauriya-Araraj 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)
    Allahabad-Kosambi 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)
    Map of dialectal forms of 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (“twenty-six”)
    𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) (4)
    𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvāsati) (1)

    Descendants

    • Prakrit: 𑀙𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀻𑀲 (chavvīsa) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṣáḍviṁśati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 742
    2. ^ Hultzsch, E (1925) Inscriptions of Aśoka (new edition)‎, in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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