𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀁𑀦 (hiraṃna).

Noun

𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (hiraṇṇa) n (Devanagari हिरण्ण, Kannada ಹಿರಣ್ಣ) (Ardhamagadhi, Maharastri)

1. gold
   • Uvāsagadasāo, lecture 7, line 182 :

     𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀡𑀁 𑀲𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸𑀮𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀆𑀚𑀻𑀯𑀺𑀬𑁄𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀕𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡-𑀓𑁄𑀟𑀻 𑀦𑀺𑀳𑀸𑀡-𑀧𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸, 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀺-𑀧𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸, 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 𑀧𑀯𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀭-𑀧𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸, 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂 𑀯𑀏 𑀤𑀲-𑀕𑁄-𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺𑀏𑀡𑀁 𑀯𑀏𑀡𑀁

     tassa ṇaṃ saddālaputtassa ājīviyovāsagassa ĕkkā hiraṇṇa-koḍī nihāṇa-paüttā, ĕkkā vaḍḍhi-paüttā, ĕkkā pavitthara-paüttā, ĕkke vae dasa-go-sāhassieṇaṃ vaeṇaṃ

     That Saddālaputta, the follower of the Ājīviyas, had one kroṛ of gold placed in deposit, one kroṛ put out at interest, one kroṛ invested in estate, and one herd with ten thousand head of cattle.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁 (hiraṇṇaṃ)	𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 (hiraṇṇāiṃ) or 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇 (hiraṇṇāi)
Accusative	𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁 (hiraṇṇaṃ)	𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 (hiraṇṇāiṃ) or 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇 (hiraṇṇāi)
Instrumental	𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀡 (hiraṇṇeṇa) or 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀡𑀁 (hiraṇṇeṇaṃ)	𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺 (hiraṇṇehi) or 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (hiraṇṇehiṃ)
Dative	𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀅 (hiraṇṇāa)	—
Ablative	𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀑 (hiraṇṇāo) or 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀉 (hiraṇṇāu) or 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (hiraṇṇā) or 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺 (hiraṇṇāhi) or 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (hiraṇṇāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲 (hiraṇṇassa)	𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀡 (hiraṇṇāṇa) or 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀡𑀁 (hiraṇṇāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (hiraṇṇammi) or 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂 (hiraṇṇe)	𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼 (hiraṇṇesu) or 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (hiraṇṇesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (hiraṇṇa) or 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (hiraṇṇā)	𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 (hiraṇṇāiṃ) or 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇 (hiraṇṇāi)

Further reading

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 198.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hiraṇṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press