𑀲𑀁𑀖

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

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Sanskrit सङ्घ (saṅgha)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀁𑀖 (saṃgha)

Inherited from Sanskrit सङ्घ (saṅgha). Cognate with Pali saṅgha.

Noun

𑀲𑀁𑀖 (saṃgha) n

1. (Buddhism) the Sangha, monastic order
   • c. 258 BCE, Aśoka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Brahmagiri.2-3:

     𑀲𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀭𑁂𑀓𑁂 𑀢𑀼 𑀔𑁄 𑀲𑀁𑀯𑀙𑀭𑁂𑀁
     𑀬𑀁 𑀫𑀬𑀸 𑀲𑀁𑀖𑁂 𑀉𑀧𑀬𑀻𑀢𑁂 𑀩𑀸𑀠𑀁 𑀘 𑀫𑁂 𑀧𑀓𑀁𑀢𑁂

     sātireke tu kho saṃvachareṃ
     yaṃ mayā saṃghe upayīte bāḍhaṃ ca me pakaṃte

     • 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch

       But indeed a year and somewhat more (has passed) since I have visited the Saṁgha and have been very zealous.

Declension

Declension of 𑀲𑀁𑀖 (saṃgha)
	singular	plural
nominative	𑀲𑀁𑀖𑁂, 𑀲𑀁𑀖𑀁 saṃghe, saṃghaṃ	—
accusative	—	—
instrumental	—	—
dative	—	—
ablative	—	—
genitive	—	—
locative	—	—

Alternative forms

Attested at Bairat, Brahmagiri, Gavimath, Gujarra, Maski, Nittur, Panguraria, Rupnath, Siddapura and Yerragudi.

Dialectal forms of 𑀲𑀁𑀖 (“Sangha”)
Variety	Location	Lemmas	Forms edit
Central	Rupnath	𑀲𑀁𑀖 (saṃgha)	?𑀲𑀁𑀖𑁂 nom.sg (saṃghe)
	Bairat	𑀲𑀁𑀖 (saṃgha)	𑀲𑀁𑀖𑁂 nom.sg (saṃghe)
	Gujarra	𑀲𑀁𑀖 (saṃgha)	?𑀲𑀁𑀖𑁂 nom.sg (saṃghe)
	Panguraria	𑀲𑀁𑀖 (saṃgha)	?𑀲𑀁𑀖𑁂 nom.sg (saṃghe)
	Bahapur	𑀲𑀖 (sagha)	𑀲𑀖𑁂 nom.sg (saghe)
South	Yerragudi	𑀲𑀁𑀖 (saṃgha)	𑀲𑀁𑀖𑁂 nom.sg (saṃghe)
	Siddapura	𑀲𑀁𑀖 (saṃgha)	?𑀲𑀁𑀖𑁂 nom.sg (saṃghe)
	Brahmagiri	𑀲𑀁𑀖 (saṃgha)	𑀲𑀁𑀖𑁂 nom.sg (saṃghe)
	Maski	𑀲𑀁𑀖 (saṃgha)	𑀲𑀁𑀖𑀁 nom.sg (saṃghaṃ)
	Nittur	𑀲𑀁𑀖 (saṃgha)	𑀲𑀁𑀖𑁂 nom.sg (saṃghe)
	Gavimath	𑀲𑀁𑀖 (saṃgha)	𑀲𑀁𑀖𑁂 nom.sg (saṃghe)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀲𑀁𑀖 (“Sangha”)
𑀲𑀁𑀖 (saṃgha) (10) 𑀲𑀖 (sagha) (1)

References

• Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) “saṃgha-”, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aśoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 172