𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara).

Noun

𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭 (aṃtara) n (Girnar)

1. (long) period of time, interval
   • c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Major Rock Edict 4 Girnar:

     𑀅𑀢𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀢𑀁 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭𑀁 𑀩𑀳𑀽𑀦𑀺 𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀲𑀢𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀯𑀠𑀺𑀢𑁄 𑀏𑀯 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀁𑀪𑁄 𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀲 𑀘 𑀪𑀽𑀢𑀸𑀦𑀫 𑀜𑀸𑀢𑀻𑀲𑀼 𑀅𑀲𑀁𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀢𑀺𑀧𑀢𑀻 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀭𑀫𑀡𑀸𑀦𑀁 𑀅𑀲𑀁𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀢𑀻𑀧𑀢𑀻

     atikātaṃ aṃtaraṃ bahūni vāsasatāni vaḍhito eva prāṇāraṃbho vihiṃsa ca bhūtānama ñātīsu asaṃpratipatī brāmhaṇasramaṇānaṃ asaṃpratīpatī

Alternative forms

Attested at Girnar and Gujarra.

Dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭 (“period of time”)
Variety	Location	Lemmas	Forms edit
Central	Kalsi	𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮 (aṃtala)
	Rupnath	𑀓𑀸𑀮 (kāla)	𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀸𑀬 dat.sg (kālāya)
	Sahasram	𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮 (aṃtala)	?𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮𑁂𑀦 ins.sg (aṃtalena)
	Gujarra	𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭 (aṃtara)	𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭𑁂𑀦𑀸 ins.sg (aṃtarenā)
	Panguraria	𑀓𑀸𑀮 (kāla)	𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀁 acc.sg (kālaṃ)
	Bahapur	𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮 (aṃtala)	𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮𑁂𑀦 ins.sg (aṃtalena)
	Ahraura	𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮 (aṃtala)	?𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮𑁂𑀦 ins.sg (aṃtalena)
East	Dhauli	𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮 (aṃtala)
	Jaugada	𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮 (aṃtala)
Northwest	Shahbazgarhi	𐨀𐨎𐨟𐨪 (aṃtara)
	Mansehra	𐨀𐨎𐨟𐨪 (aṃtara)
West	Girnar	𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭 (aṃtara)
South	Yerragudi	𑀓𑀸𑀮 (kāla)	𑀓𑀸𑀮𑁂𑀦 ins.sg (kālena)
	Siddapura	𑀓𑀸𑀮 (kāla)	𑀓𑀸𑀮𑁂𑀦 ins.sg (kālena)
	Brahmagiri	𑀓𑀸𑀮 (kāla)	𑀓𑀸𑀮𑁂𑀦 ins.sg (kālena)
	Jatinga-Rameshwara	𑀓𑀸𑀮 (kāla)	?𑀓𑀸𑀮𑁂𑀡 ins.sg (kāleṇa)
	Rajula-Mandagiri	𑀓𑀸𑀮 (kāla)	𑀓𑀸𑀮𑁂𑀦 ins.sg (kālena)
	Udegolam	𑀓𑀸𑀮 (kāla)	𑀓𑀸𑀮𑁂𑀡 ins.sg (kāleṇa)
	Nittur	𑀓𑀸𑀮 (kāla)	𑀓𑀸𑀮𑁂𑀦 ins.sg (kālena)
	Gavimath	𑀯𑁂𑀮𑀸 (velā)	𑀯𑁂𑀮𑀸𑀬𑀁 loc.sg (velāyaṃ)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭 (“period of time”)
𑀓𑀸𑀮 (kāla) (9) 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮 (aṃtala) (6) 𐨀𐨎𐨟𐨪 (aṃtara) (2) 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭 (aṃtara) (2) 𑀯𑁂𑀮𑀸 (velā) (1)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ántara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press