𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧
Ashokan Prakrit
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Sanskrit जम्बुद्वीप (jambudvīpa)
Ashokan Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (jaṃbudīpa)
Inherited from Sanskrit जम्बुद्वीप (jambudvīpa). By surface analysis, *𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼 (*jaṃbu, “jambul”) + *𑀤𑀻𑀧 (*dīpa, “island”).[1] Cognate with Pali jambudīpa.
Noun
edit𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (jaṃbudīpa) m
- India (a region of Asia)[2]
- c. 258 BCE, Aśoka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Sahasram:
- 𑀏𑀢𑁂𑀦 𑀘 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮𑁂𑀦 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀲𑀺 𑁇 𑀅𑀁𑀫𑀺𑀲𑀁𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀸 𑁇 𑀲𑀁𑀢 𑁇 𑀫𑀼𑀦𑀺𑀲𑀸 𑀫𑀺𑀲𑀁𑀤𑁂𑀯 𑀓𑀝𑀸
- etena ca aṃtalena jaṃbudīpasi . aṃmisaṃdevā . saṃta . munisā misaṃdeva kaṭā
- And at this time in India, men unmingled with the gods have been made mingled with the gods.
- 𑀏𑀢𑁂𑀦 𑀘 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮𑁂𑀦 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀲𑀺 𑁇 𑀅𑀁𑀫𑀺𑀲𑀁𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀸 𑁇 𑀲𑀁𑀢 𑁇 𑀫𑀼𑀦𑀺𑀲𑀸 𑀫𑀺𑀲𑀁𑀤𑁂𑀯 𑀓𑀝𑀸
Declension
edit| Declension of 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (jaṃbudīpa) | ||
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | — | — |
| accusative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
| dative | — | — |
| ablative | — | — |
| genitive | — | — |
| locative | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀲𑀺 jaṃbudīpasi |
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Alternative forms
editAttested at Brahmagiri, Gavimath, Gujarra, Maski, Panguraria, Rupnath, Sahasram and Siddapura.
| Dialectal forms of 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (“India”) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Rupnath | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (jaṃbudīpa) | ?𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀲𑀺 loc.sg (jaṃbudīpasi) |
| Bairat | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀺𑀧 (jaṃbudipa) | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀺𑀧𑀲𑀺 loc.sg (jaṃbudipasi) | |
| Sahasram | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (jaṃbudīpa) | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀲𑀺 loc.sg (jaṃbudīpasi) | |
| Gujarra | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (jaṃbudīpa) | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀲𑀺 loc.sg (jaṃbudīpasi) | |
| Panguraria | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (jaṃbudīpa) | ?𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀲𑀺 loc.sg (jaṃbudīpasi) | |
| Bahapur | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀺𑀧 (jaṃbudipa) | ?𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀺𑀧𑀲𑀺 loc.sg (jaṃbudipasi) | |
| South | Siddapura | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (jaṃbudīpa) | ?𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀲𑀺 loc.sg (jaṃbudīpasi) |
| Brahmagiri | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (jaṃbudīpa) | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀲𑀺 loc.sg (jaṃbudīpasi) | |
| Maski | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (jaṃbudīpa) | ?𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀲𑀺 loc.sg (jaṃbudīpasi) | |
| Nittur | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀺𑀧 (jaṃbudipa) | ?𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀺𑀧𑀲𑀺 loc.sg (jaṃbudipasi) | |
| Gavimath | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (jaṃbudīpa) | 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀲𑀺 loc.sg (jaṃbudīpasi) | |
| Map of dialectal forms of 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (“India”) | ||
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Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jambudvīpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 283
- ^ Harry Falk (2013) “Remarks on the Minor Rock Edict of Ashoka at Ratanpurwa”, in N. P. Joshi, Kamal Giri, editors, Jnana-Pravaha Research Journal, volume 16, Varanasi: Jnana-Pravaha Center for Cultural Studies and Research, page 40.
- ^ Nicholas Sims-Williams (1983) “Indian elements in Parthian and Sogdian”, in K. Röhrborn, W. Veenker, editors, Sprachen des Buddhismus in Zentralasien (Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica; 16), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 134.
- ^ Sonja Fritz (2002) “Morphology”, in The Dhivehi language - a descriptive and historical grammar of Maldivian and its dialects (Beiträge zur Südasienforschung; 191), Würzburg: Ergon Verlag, page 60
Prakrit
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edit𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (jaṃbudīpa) m (Devanagari जंबुदीप)
- Alternative form of 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀯 (jaṃbudīva, “India”)
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