𑀮𑁄𑀅

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀮𑁄𑀕 (loga) — Ardhamagadhi, Jain Maharastri, Jain Sauraseni

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀓 (loka), from Sanskrit लोक (loká).

Noun

𑀮𑁄𑀅 (loa) m (Devanagari लोअ, Gujarati લોઅ, Kannada ಲೋಅ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Ardhamāgadhī)

1. world
   • Ṇamokāra :

     𑀡𑀫𑁄 𑀅𑀭𑀺𑀳𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀡𑀫𑁆
     𑀡𑀫𑁄 𑀲𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀸𑀡𑀫𑁆
     𑀡𑀫𑁄 𑀆𑀬𑀭𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀡𑀫𑁆
     𑀡𑀫𑁄 𑀉𑀯𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀬𑀸𑀡𑀫𑁆
     𑀡𑀫𑁄 𑀮𑁄𑀏 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀽𑀡𑀫𑁆

     ṇamo arihantāṇam
     ṇamo siddhāṇam
     ṇamo āyariyāṇam
     ṇamo uvajjhāyāṇam
     ṇamo loe savvasāhūṇam

     I bow to the Arihants,
     I bow to the Siddhas,
     I bow to the Acharyas,
     I bow to the Upadhyayas,
     I bow to all sadhus in the world.

2. people
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 32:

     𑀅𑀳 𑀲𑀁𑀪𑀸𑀯𑀺𑀅𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕𑁄 𑀲𑀼𑀳𑀅 𑀢𑀼𑀏-𑀘𑁆𑀘𑁂𑀅 𑀡𑀯𑀭 𑀡𑀺𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀽𑀠𑁄
     𑀏𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀺𑀁 𑀳𑀺𑀅𑀏 𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁 𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁 𑀯𑀸𑀆𑀇 𑀮𑁄𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲

     aha saṃbhāviamaggo suhaa tue-ccea ṇavara ṇivvūḍho
     ĕṇhiṃ hiae aṇṇaṃ aṇṇaṃ vāāi loassa

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       What good old-fashioned honesty! But really, my dear, you’re the only one who goes in for it.
       Nowadays people think one thing and say another.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀮𑁄𑀅 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀮𑁄𑀑 (loo)	𑀮𑁄𑀆 (loā)
Accusative	𑀮𑁄𑀅𑀁 (loaṃ)	𑀮𑁄𑀏 (loe) or 𑀮𑁄𑀆 (loā)
Instrumental	𑀮𑁄𑀏𑀡 (loeṇa) or 𑀮𑁄𑀏𑀡𑀁 (loeṇaṃ)	𑀮𑁄𑀏𑀳𑀺 (loehi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀏𑀳𑀺𑀁 (loehiṃ)
Dative	𑀮𑁄𑀆𑀅 (loāa)	—
Ablative	𑀮𑁄𑀆𑀑 (loāo) or 𑀮𑁄𑀆𑀉 (loāu) or 𑀮𑁄𑀆 (loā) or 𑀮𑁄𑀆𑀳𑀺 (loāhi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀆𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (loāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀮𑁄𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 (loassa)	𑀮𑁄𑀆𑀡 (loāṇa) or 𑀮𑁄𑀆𑀡𑀁 (loāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀮𑁄𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (loammi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀏 (loe)	𑀮𑁄𑀏𑀲𑀼 (loesu) or 𑀮𑁄𑀏𑀲𑀼𑀁 (loesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀮𑁄𑀅 (loa) or 𑀮𑁄𑀆 (loā)	𑀮𑁄𑀆 (loā)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lōká¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press