𑀳𑀢

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Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit हत (hatá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰatás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰatás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰn̥-tó-s, from *gʷʰen- (“to kill”). Cognate with Pali hata.

Adjective

𑀳𑀢 (hata) (Girnar, Kalsi)

  1. struck, killed
    • c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Major Rock Edict 13 Girnar line 1:
      𑀲𑀢-𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭-𑀫𑀸𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀁 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀸 𑀳𑀢𑀁 𑀩𑀳𑀼-𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀢𑀓𑀁 𑀫𑀢𑀸
      sata-sahasra-mātraṃ tatrā hataṃ bahu-tāvatakaṃ matā
      one hundred thousand in number were those who were slain there, many times as many those who died.

Alternative forms

Attested at Girnar and Kalsi.

Dialectal forms of 𑀳𑀢 (“struck, killed”)
Variety Location Forms
Central Kalsi 𑀳𑀢 (hata)
Northwest Shahbazgarhi 𐨱𐨟 (hata)
Mansehra 𐨱𐨟 (hata)
West Girnar 𑀳𑀢 (hata)
Map of dialectal forms of 𑀳𑀢 (“struck, killed”)
𐨱𐨟 (hata) (2)
𑀳𑀢 (hata) (2)

Descendants

  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀳𑀅 (haa)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀳𑀤 (hada)

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hatá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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