𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 f

  1. Brahmi script form of muṭṭhi

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Prakrit

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit मुष्टि (muṣṭí),[1] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *muštíš. Cognate with Pali muṭṭhi.

Noun

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𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (muṭṭhif (Devanagari मुट्ठि, Kannada ಮುಟ್ಠಿ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī) [2]

  1. the fist
    • Mṛcchakatika, Śūdraka Act 4:[3][4]
      [] 𑀯𑀺𑀡𑀺𑀳𑀺𑀤-𑀘𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡-𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺-𑀧𑀸𑀁𑀟𑀼𑀭𑀸𑀑 []
      [] viṇihida-cuṇṇa-muṭṭhi-pāṃḍurāo []
      [] whitened by handfuls of powder strewn over them []

Declension

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Maharastri declension of 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (feminine)
singular plural
Nominative 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī) 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀑 (muṭṭhīo) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī)
Accusative 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀁 (muṭṭhiṃ) 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀑 (muṭṭhīo) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī)
Instrumental 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀏 (muṭṭhīe) 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀳𑀺 (muṭṭhīhi) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁 (muṭṭhīhiṃ)
Dative
Ablative 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀑 (muṭṭhīo) 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (muṭṭhīhiṃto)
Genitive 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀏 (muṭṭhīe) 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀡 (muṭṭhīṇa) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀡𑀁 (muṭṭhīṇaṃ)
Locative 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀏 (muṭṭhīe) 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀲𑀼 (muṭṭhīsu) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀲𑀼𑀁 (muṭṭhīsuṃ)
Vocative 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (muṭṭhi) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī) 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀑 (muṭṭhīo) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī)

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References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “muṣṭí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 211
  3. ^ Arthur William Ryder (1905) THE LITTLE CLAY CART [ MṚCCHAKAṬIKA ] A Hindu Drama[1], Boston: Merrymount Press, page 68
  4. ^ Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 102.