𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬

Ashokan Prakrit

Numeral

𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya) (cardinal number)

1. Alternative form of 𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya, “two and a half”)
   • c. 258 BCE, Aśoka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Brahmagiri.2:

     𑀅𑀥𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀯𑀲𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀬 𑀳𑀓𑀁 […] 𑀲𑀓𑁂

     adhikāni aḍhātiyāni vasāni ya hakaṃ […] sake

     • 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch

       More than two and a half years (have passed) since I (am) a lay-worshipper (upasaka).

Alternative forms

Attested at Bahapur, Brahmagiri, Nittur, Rajula-Mandagiri and Siddapura.

Dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (“two and a half”)
Variety	Location	Forms edit
Central	Rupnath	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)
	Sahasram	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)
	Gujarra	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)
	Panguraria	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)
	Bahapur	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya)
South	Siddapura	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya)
	Brahmagiri	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya)
	Maski	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)
	Rajula-Mandagiri	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya)
	Nittur	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya)
	Gavimath	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (“two and a half”)
𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya) (6) 𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya) (5)