𑘭𑘭𑘰

Marathi

Noun

𑘭𑘭𑘰 • (sasā) m

1. Modi script form of ससा

Old Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀲𑀕 (sasaga), from Sanskrit 𑘫𑘫𑘎 (śaśaka).

Noun

𑘭𑘭𑘰 (sasā) m (Devanagari ससा)

1. rabbit, hare
   • 1278, Mhāïmbhaṭa, Līḷācaritra, "Pūrvārdha." (Kolte edition) 42:

     𑘟𑘻𑘮𑘻𑘽 𑘢𑘰𑘨𑘠𑘲𑘽 𑘭𑘭𑘰 𑘭𑘻𑘚𑘱𑘩𑘰

     dohoṃ pāradhīṃ sasā soḍilā

   • c. 1320, Hayagrīvācārya, Gadyarāja 153:

     𑘤𑘰𑘜𑘰𑘝𑘹𑘽 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘹 𑘭𑘰𑘝𑘿𑘧𑘎𑘲 𑘢𑘨𑘲 𑘡𑘲𑘎𑘲 𑘝𑘳𑘖𑘲 𑘭𑘟𑘰 𑘁𑘃𑘎𑘻𑘽
     𑘐𑘻𑘭𑘰𑘪𑘲 𑘐𑘳𑘨𑘳 𑘁𑘎𑘡𑘰 𑘎𑘪𑘿𑘮𑘡𑘲𑘮𑘲 𑘑𑘰𑘩𑘲𑘝 𑘢𑘺𑘽 𑘡 𑘟𑘹𑘏𑘻𑘽𑙂
     𑘋𑘭𑘰 𑘐𑘨𑘿𑘪 𑘎𑘳𑘯𑘰𑘓𑘯𑘰𑘭𑘲 𑘓𑘛𑘩𑘰 𑘁𑘩𑘰 𑘭𑘭𑘰 𑘥𑘰𑘡𑘭𑘰
     𑘝𑘺𑘭𑘰 𑘝𑘳𑘽 𑘦𑘕 𑘭𑘡𑘿𑘦𑘳𑘏𑘳 𑘕𑘨𑘲 𑘁𑘝𑘰𑘽 𑘪𑘺𑘪𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘝𑘰 𑘥𑘹𑘘𑘭𑘲𑙂𑙑𑙕𑙓𑙂

     bāṇāteṃ mhaṇe sātyakī parī nīkī tujhī sadā āīkoṃ
     gosāvī guru ākanā kavhanīhī ghālīta paiṃ na dekhoṃ.
     aisā garva kuḷācaḷāsī caḍhalā ālā sasā bhānasā
     taisā tuṃ maja sanmukhu jarī ātāṃ vaivasvatā bheṭasī.153.

     • 1989 translation by Ian Matthew Paton Raeside

       Says Sātyakī to Bāna, “We ever hear your ways are good.
       We do not see just any man insulting a holy guru.
       Your pride has climbed to the highest peak, but now the hare has come to the pot.
       Such are you now. If you stand before me you will meet the final judge.”

Descendants

• Marathi: sasā

  Devanagari script: ससा

  Modi script: 𑘭𑘭𑘰

• Varhadi: sasa

  Devanagari script: ससं

  Modi script: 𑘭𑘭𑘽

Further reading

• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “ससा”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999, page 725.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śaśá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 716