𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀓𑀁𑀢

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

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Sanskrit प्रक्रान्त (prakrānta)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀓𑀁𑀢 (prakaṃta)

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रक्रान्त (prakrānta, “gone, proceeded”), participle of प्रकृ (prakṛ, “to proceed”), from प्र- (pra-, “towards”) +‎ कृ (kṛ, “to do”).

Participle

𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀓𑀁𑀢 (prakaṃta)

1. past passive participle of 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀓𑀫𑀢𑀺 (prakamati, “to exert”); exerted
   • c. 258 BCE, Aśoka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Brahmagiri.3:

     𑀦𑁄 𑀢𑀼 𑀔𑁄 𑀩𑀸𑀠𑀁 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀓𑀁𑀢𑁂 𑀳𑀼𑀲𑀁 𑀏𑀓𑀁 𑀲𑀯𑀙𑀭𑀁

     no tu kho bāḍhaṃ prakaṃte husaṃ ekaṃ savacharaṃ

     • 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch

       But indeed I had not been very zealous for one year.

Alternative forms

Attested at Brahmagiri.

Dialectal forms of 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀓𑀁𑀢 (“exerted”)
Variety	Location	Forms edit
Central	Rupnath	𑀧𑀓𑀢 (pakata)
	Panguraria	𑀧𑀓𑀸𑀁𑀢 partial (pakāṃta)
	Bahapur	𑀧𑀮𑀓𑀢 partial (palakata)
	Ahraura	𑀧𑀮𑀓𑀁𑀢 (palakaṃta)
South	Yerragudi	𑀧𑀓𑀸𑀁𑀢 (pakāṃta)
	Siddapura	𑀧𑀓𑀁𑀢 (pakaṃta)
	Brahmagiri	𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀓𑀁𑀢 (prakaṃta)
	Rajula-Mandagiri	𑀧𑀓𑀸𑀁𑀢 partial (pakāṃta)
	Udegolam	𑀧𑀓𑀁𑀢 partial (pakaṃta)
	Nittur	𑀧𑀓𑀁𑀢 (pakaṃta)
	Gavimath	𑀧𑀓𑀁𑀢 (pakaṃta)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀓𑀁𑀢 (“exerted”)
𑀧𑀓𑀁𑀢 (pakaṃta) (4) 𑀧𑀓𑀸𑀁𑀢 (pakāṃta) (3) 𑀧𑀮𑀓𑀢 (palakata) (1) 𑀧𑀓𑀢 (pakata) (1) 𑀧𑀮𑀓𑀁𑀢 (palakaṃta) (1) 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀓𑀁𑀢 (prakaṃta) (1)

References

• Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) “pakam-”, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aśoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 156
• Oberlies, Thomas (2003) “Aśokan Prakrit and Pāli”, in George Cardona and Dhanesh Jain, editors, The Indo-Aryan Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), Routledge, →ISBN, page 221 of 179–224
• Mehendale, M[adhukar] A[nant] (1948) Historical Grammar of Inscriptional Prakrits (Deccan College Dissertation Series; 3)‎^[1], Poona: Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, page 267