𑀧𑀸𑀅

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑀸𑀬 (pāya), 𑀧𑀸𑀤 (pāda)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पाद (pā́da). Cognate with Pali pāda.

Noun

𑀧𑀸𑀅 (pāa) m (Devanagari पाअ, Kannada ಪಾಅ) (Maharastri, Ardhamagadhi)

1. (anatomy) foot, leg
   • Āẏāraṅga 1.2.24:

     𑀧𑀸𑀬𑀫 𑀅𑀩𑁆𑀪𑁂, 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁂𑀕𑁂 𑀧𑀸𑀬𑀫 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂; ... 𑀕𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀨𑀫 ... 𑀚𑀗𑁆𑀖𑀫 ...

     pāyama abbhe, appege pāyama acche; ... gupphama ... jaṅghama ...

   • c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti IX. Maṇḍiya line 3:

     𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀫𑀁𑀢𑁄-𑀯𑀺-𑀬 𑀤𑀁𑀟-𑀥𑀭𑀺𑀏𑀡𑀁 𑀧𑀸𑀏𑀡𑀁 𑀓𑀺𑀮𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀁𑀢𑁄 𑀓𑀳𑀁𑀘𑀺 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀫𑀇

     cakkamaṃto-vi-ya daṃḍa-dharieṇaṃ pāeṇaṃ kilimmaṃto kahaṃci cakkamaï

     And also when he walked, he walked some way or other with wearisome effort, his foot being supported by means of a staff.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀧𑀸𑀅 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀧𑀸𑀑 (pāo)	𑀧𑀸𑀆 (pāā)
Accusative	𑀧𑀸𑀅𑀁 (pāaṃ)	𑀧𑀸𑀏 (pāe) or 𑀧𑀸𑀆 (pāā)
Instrumental	𑀧𑀸𑀏𑀡 (pāeṇa) or 𑀧𑀸𑀏𑀡𑀁 (pāeṇaṃ)	𑀧𑀸𑀏𑀳𑀺 (pāehi) or 𑀧𑀸𑀏𑀳𑀺𑀁 (pāehiṃ)
Dative	𑀧𑀸𑀆𑀅 (pāāa)	—
Ablative	𑀧𑀸𑀆𑀑 (pāāo) or 𑀧𑀸𑀆𑀉 (pāāu) or 𑀧𑀸𑀆 (pāā) or 𑀧𑀸𑀆𑀳𑀺 (pāāhi) or 𑀧𑀸𑀆𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (pāāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀧𑀸𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 (pāassa)	𑀧𑀸𑀆𑀡 (pāāṇa) or 𑀧𑀸𑀆𑀡𑀁 (pāāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀧𑀸𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (pāammi) or 𑀧𑀸𑀏 (pāe)	𑀧𑀸𑀏𑀲𑀼 (pāesu) or 𑀧𑀸𑀏𑀲𑀼𑀁 (pāesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀧𑀸𑀅 (pāa) or 𑀧𑀸𑀆 (pāā)	𑀧𑀸𑀆 (pāā)

Descendants

• Bengali: পা (pa)
• Old Marathi:

  Modi script: 𑘢𑘰𑘄 (pāu), 𑘢𑘰𑘊 (pāe), 𑘢𑘰𑘌 (pāo)

  Devanagari script: पाउ (pāu), पाए (pāe), पाओ (pāo)

  • Marathi: पाय (pāy)

Further reading

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 141.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pāˊda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 455