Gandhari edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit शिष्ट (śiṣṭa, remaining, left, past participle of शिष् (śiṣ, to leave)).

Adjective edit

𐨭𐨁𐨛 (śiṭha)

  1. remaining

References edit

  • Stefan Baums with Andrew Glass (2016) “1śiṭha”, in A Dictionary of Gandhari[1]

Niya Prakrit edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit शिष्ट (śiṣṭa, past participle of शास् (śās, to punish, chastise, teach)).

Noun edit

𐨭𐨁𐨛 (śiṭha)

  1. punishment, chastising
  2. discipline

References edit

  • Stefan Baums with Andrew Glass (2016) “2śiṭha”, in A Dictionary of Gandhari[2]
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śiṣṭá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 723
  • Thomas Burrow (1937) The Language of the Kharosthi Documents from Chinese Turkestan[3], London: Cambridge University Press, page 125