π€ππ―πΈπ¦πΈππ§πππΊπ¬
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Ashokan Prakrit
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Ashokan Prakrit π€ππ―πΈπ¦πΈπ (devΔnΔαΉ)
Ashokan Prakrit π§πππΊπ¬ (priya)
Ashokan Prakrit π€ππ―πΈπ¦πΈππ§πππΊπ¬ (devΔnΔαΉpriya)
Compound of π€ππ―πΈπ¦πΈπ (devΔnΔαΉ, βof the godsβ) + π§πππΊπ¬ (priya, βbelovedβ).
Proper noun
[edit]π€ππ―πΈπ¦πΈππ§πππΊπ¬ (devΔnΔαΉpriya) m
- "beloved of the gods"; an epithet of Ashoka
- Synonym: π§πππΊπ¬π€π²πΊ (priyadasi)
Alternative forms
[edit]Attested at Girnar.
Map of dialectal forms of π€ππ―πΈπ¦πΈππ§πππΊπ¬ (βbeloved-of-the-godsβ) | ||
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π€ππ―πΈπ¦ππ§πΊπ¬ (devΔnaαΉpiya) (19) π€ππ―πΈπ‘ππ§πΊπ¬ (devΔαΉaαΉpiya) (4) π€ππ―πΈπ¦πΈππ§πΊπ¬ (devΔnΔαΉpiya) (4) π€ππ―πΈπ¦πΈππ§πππΊπ¬ (devΔnΔαΉpriya) (1) π¨‘π¨ π¨¬π¨£π¨€π¨Ώπ¨ͺπ¨π¨ (devanapria) (1) π¨‘π¨ π¨¬π¨π¨€π¨Ώπ¨ͺπ¨π¨© (devaαΉapriya) (1) π€ππ―πΈπ¦ππ§πππΊπ¬ (devΔnaαΉpriya) (1) π¨‘π¨ π¨¬π¨£π¨€π¨Ώπ¨ͺπ¨π¨© (devanapriya) (1) π¨‘π¨ π¨¬π¨£π¨€π¨π¨© (devanapiya) (1) π¨‘π¨ π¨¬π¨£π¨π¨€π¨Ώπ¨ͺπ¨π¨© (devanaαΉpriya) (1) |
References
[edit]- Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) βdevΔnaαΉpiya-β, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of AΕoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 154