๐‘€ฏ๐‘€บ๐‘€š๐‘€บ๐‘€ข

Ashokan Prakrit

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit เคตเคฟเคœเคฟเคค (vรญjita, โ€œconqueredโ€).

Noun

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๐‘€ฏ๐‘€บ๐‘€š๐‘€บ๐‘€ข (vijita)ย m (Kalsi, Dhauli, Jaugada, Girnar)

  1. domain, dominion, territory

Alternative forms

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Attested at Dhauli, Girnar, Jaugada and Kalsi.

Dialectal forms of ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€บ๐‘€š๐‘€บ๐‘€ข (โ€œterritoryโ€)
Variety Location Forms
Central Kalsi ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€บ๐‘€š๐‘€บ๐‘€ข (vijita)
East Dhauli ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€บ๐‘€š๐‘€บ๐‘€ข (vijita)
Jaugada ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€บ๐‘€š๐‘€บ๐‘€ข (vijita)
Northwest Shahbazgarhi ๐จฌ๐จ๐จ—๐จ๐จŸ (vijita)
Mansehra ๐จฌ๐จ๐จ—๐จ๐จŸ (vijita)
West Girnar ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€บ๐‘€š๐‘€บ๐‘€ข (vijita)
Map of dialectal forms of ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€บ๐‘€š๐‘€บ๐‘€ข (โ€œterritoryโ€)
 
๐‘€ฏ๐‘€บ๐‘€š๐‘€บ๐‘€ข (vijita) (4)
๐จฌ๐จ๐จ—๐จ๐จŸ (vijita) (2)

References

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  • Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 82.