𐨭𐨁𐨛

Gandhari

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शिष्ट (śiṣṭa, “remaining, left”, past participle of शिष् (śiṣ, “to leave”)).

Adjective

𐨭𐨁𐨛 (śiṭha)

1. remaining

References

• Stefan Baums with Andrew Glass (2016) “¹śiṭha”, in A Dictionary of Gandhari‎^[1]

Niya Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शिष्ट (śiṣṭa, past participle of शास् (śās, “to punish, chastise, teach”)).

Noun

𐨭𐨁𐨛 (śiṭha)

1. punishment, chastising
2. discipline

References

• Stefan Baums with Andrew Glass (2016) “²śiṭha”, in A Dictionary of Gandhari‎^[2]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śiṣṭá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 723
• Thomas Burrow (1937) The Language of the Kharosthi Documents from Chinese Turkestan‎^[3], London: Cambridge University Press, page 125