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๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ข

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Ashokan Prakrit

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Sanskrit เค†เคฐเฅเคฏเคชเฅเคคเฅเคฐ (ฤryaputra, โ€œprinceโ€), from เค†เคฐเฅเคฏ (ฤrya, โ€œAryanโ€) +‎ เคชเฅเคคเฅเคฐ (putra, โ€œsonโ€). By surface analysis, ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ (aya) +‎ ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ข (puta).

    Noun

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    ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ข (ayaputa /ayyaputta/) m

    1. prince
      • c. 258 BCE, Aล›oka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Brahmagiri.1:
        ๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€๐‘€ก๐‘€•๐‘€บ๐‘€ญ๐‘€ป๐‘€ข๐‘‚ ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ข๐‘€ฒ ๐‘€ซ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ซ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ข๐‘€ธ๐‘€ก๐‘€ ๐‘€˜ ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€˜๐‘€ฆ๐‘‚๐‘€ฆ ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฒ๐‘€บ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ฒ๐‘€บ ๐‘€ซ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ซ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ข๐‘€ธ ๐‘€†๐‘€ญ๐‘„๐‘€•๐‘€บ๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ข๐‘€ฏ๐‘€บ๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ธ ๐‘€ณ๐‘‚๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ ๐‘€˜ ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ข๐‘€ฏ๐‘€บ๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ธ
        suvaแนƒแน‡agirฤซte ayaputasa mahฤmฤtฤแน‡aแนƒ ca vacanena isilasi mahฤmฤtฤ ฤrogiyaแนƒ vataviyฤ hevaแนƒ ca vataviyฤ
        • 1997 translation by Romila Thapar
          From Suvarnagiri, on the order of his Highness the Prince, and the officers: good health to the officers of Isila who are to be instructed thus.

    Declension

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    Declension of ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ข (ayaputa)
    singular plural
    nominative โ€” โ€”
    accusative โ€” โ€”
    instrumental โ€” โ€”
    dative โ€” โ€”
    ablative โ€” โ€”
    genitive ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ข๐‘€ฒ
    ayaputasa
    โ€”
    locative โ€” โ€”

    Alternative forms

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    Attested at Brahmagiri and Siddapura.

    Dialectal forms of ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ข (โ€œprinceโ€)
    Variety Location Lemmas Forms
    South Siddapura ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ข (ayaputa) ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ข๐‘€ฒ gen.sg (ayaputasa)
    Brahmagiri ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ข (ayaputa) ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ข๐‘€ฒ gen.sg (ayaputasa)
    Map of dialectal forms of ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ข (โ€œprinceโ€)
    ๐‘€…๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ข (ayaputa) (2)

    References

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    • Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) โ€œayaputa-โ€, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aล›oka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 139