𑀇𑀲𑀺𑀮

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Unknown. Some scholars have sought to relate the name to Kannada ಇಸು (isu, “to throw”).

Proper noun

𑀇𑀲𑀺𑀮 (isila) m

1. Brahmagiri (an ancient settlement in the Maurya empire, in modern Karnataka, India)
   • c. 258 BCE, Aśoka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Brahmagiri.1:

     𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀁𑀡𑀕𑀺𑀭𑀻𑀢𑁂 𑀅𑀬𑀧𑀼𑀢𑀲 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀸𑀡𑀁 𑀘 𑀯𑀘𑀦𑁂𑀦 𑀇𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀲𑀺 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀸 𑀆𑀭𑁄𑀕𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀯𑀢𑀯𑀺𑀬𑀸 𑀳𑁂𑀯𑀁 𑀘 𑀯𑀢𑀯𑀺𑀬𑀸

     suvaṃṇagirīte ayaputasa mahāmātāṇaṃ ca vacanena isilasi mahāmātā ārogiyaṃ vataviyā hevaṃ ca vataviyā

     • 1997 translation by Romila Thapar

       From Suvarnagiri, on the order of his Highness the Prince, and the officers: good health to the officers of Isila who are to be instructed thus.

Alternative forms

Attested at Brahmagiri, Jatinga-Rameshwara and Siddapura.

Dialectal forms of 𑀇𑀲𑀺𑀮 (“Isila”)
Variety	Location	Forms edit
South	Siddapura	𑀇𑀲𑀺𑀮 (isila)
	Brahmagiri	𑀇𑀲𑀺𑀮 (isila)
	Jatinga-Rameshwara	𑀇𑀲𑀺𑀮 partial (isila)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀇𑀲𑀺𑀮 (“Isila”)
𑀇𑀲𑀺𑀮 (isila) (3)

References

• Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) “isila-”, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aśoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 143