Ashokan Prakrit edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit दुष्कृत (duṣkṛtá, sin).

Noun edit

𑀤𑀼𑀓𑀝 (dukaṭa /dukkaṭa/) n[1]

  1. sin

Alternative forms edit

Attested at Dhauli and Kalsi.

Dialectal forms of 𐨡𐨂𐨐𐨚 (“sin”)
Variety Location Forms
Central Kalsi 𑀤𑀼𑀓𑀝 (dukaṭa)
East Dhauli 𑀤𑀼𑀓𑀝 (dukaṭa)
Northwest Shahbazgarhi 𐨡𐨂𐨐𐨚 (dukaṭa)
Mansehra 𐨡𐨂𐨐𐨚 (dukaṭa)
West Girnar 𑀤𑀼𑀓𑀢 (dukata)
Map of dialectal forms of 𐨡𐨂𐨐𐨚 (“sin”)
 
𐨡𐨂𐨐𐨚 (dukaṭa) (2)
𑀤𑀼𑀓𑀝 (dukaṭa) (2)
𑀤𑀼𑀓𑀢 (dukata) (1)

Descendants edit

  • Prakrit: 𑀤𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (dukkaḍa)

References edit

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “duṣkr̥tá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press