𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-

Sanskrit बन्ध् (bandh)

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Sanskrit -अन (-ana)

Sanskrit बन्धन (bandhana)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (baṃdhana)

Inherited from Sanskrit बन्धन (bandhana).

Noun

𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (baṃdhana) n

1. imprisonment
   • c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Separate Rock Edict 1 Dhauli.8:

     𑀦𑀺𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀏𑀓𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀲𑁂 𑀧𑀺 𑀅𑀣𑀺 𑀬𑁂 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦𑀁 𑀯𑀸 𑀧𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀺𑀮𑁂𑀲𑀁 𑀯𑀸 𑀧𑀧𑀼𑀦𑀢𑀺

     nitiyaṃ ekapulise pi athi ye baṃdhanaṃ vā palikilesaṃ vā papunati

     • 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch

       It happens in the administration (of justice) that a single person suffers either imprisonment or harsh treatment.

Declension

Declension of 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (baṃdhana)
	singular	plural
nominative	𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦𑀁 baṃdhanaṃ	—
accusative	𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦𑀁 baṃdhanaṃ	—
instrumental	—	—
dative	—	—
ablative	—	—
genitive	—	—
locative	—	—

Alternative forms

Attested at Delhi-Topra and Dhauli.

Dialectal forms of 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (“imprisonment”)
Variety	Location	Lemmas	Forms edit
Central	Delhi-Topra	𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (baṃdhana)
East	Dhauli	𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (baṃdhana)	𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦𑀁 nom.sg (baṃdhanaṃ), 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦𑀁 acc.sg (baṃdhanaṃ)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (“imprisonment”)
𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (baṃdhana) (4)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀡 (baṃdhaṇa)

References

• Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aśoka (new edition)‎^[1], in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bándhana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 516