๐‘€‰๐‘€š๐‘‚๐‘€ฆ๐‘€บ

Ashokan Prakrit edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit เค‰เคœเฅเคœเคฏเคฟเคจเฅ€ (ujjayinฤซ).

Proper noun edit

๐‘€‰๐‘€š๐‘‚๐‘€ฆ๐‘€บ (ujeni /ujjeni/)ย f (Dhauli)

  1. Ujjayini (the ancient capital of the Avanti kingdom; modern Ujjain)
    • c. 257 BCE, Aล›oka, First Separate Major Rock Edict line 23:
      ๐‘€‰๐‘€š๐‘‚๐‘€ฆ๐‘€บ๐‘€ข๐‘‚ ๐‘€ง๐‘€บ ๐‘€˜๐‘€ผ ๐‘€“๐‘€ผ๐‘€ซ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฎ๐‘‚ ๐‘€๐‘€ข๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฌ๐‘‚ ๐‘€ฏ ๐‘€…๐‘€ž๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฌ๐‘‚ ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€บ๐‘€”๐‘€ธ๐‘€ซ๐‘€ฌ๐‘€บ๐‘€ฒ [โ€ฆ]
      ujenite pi cu kumฤle etฤye va aแนญhฤye nikhฤmayisa [โ€ฆ]
      But from Ujjayini also the prince (governor) will send out for the same purpose [โ€ฆ]

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 91.