𑀳𑀢

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, 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 [Kalingas] in number were those who were slain there, [and] many times as many those who died.

Alternative forms

Attested at Girnar and Kalsi.

Dialectal forms of 𑀳𑀢 (“struck, killed”)
Variety	Location	Forms edit
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)
  • Hindi: हया (hayā)
    • ⇒ Hindi: हयना (haynā, “to kill, strike”) (poetic)

References

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