𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀓𑀺

Ashokan Prakrit

Proper noun

𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀓𑀺 (kāluvāki) (Allahabad-Kosambi)

1. Karuvaki (second queen of Ashoka r. 268 – 232 BCE)
   • c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Queen's Pillar Edict lines 4-5:

     𑀳𑁂𑀯𑀁 […] 𑀦 […] 𑀤𑀼𑀢𑀻𑀬𑀸𑀬𑁂 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀺𑀬𑁂 𑀢𑀺 𑀢𑀻𑀯𑀮-𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀼 𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀓𑀺𑀬𑁂

     hevaṃ […] na […] dutīyāye deviye ti tīvala-mātu kāluvākiye

     This [is the request] of the second queen, the mother of Tivala, Karuvaki.

References

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