𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Indo-European *dwih₁ḱm̥ti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwiHćati

Sanskrit विं॒श॒ति (viṃśatí)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (vīsati)

Inherited from Sanskrit विं॒श॒ति (viṃśatí), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwiHćati, from Proto-Indo-European *dwih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwi- + *déḱm̥.

Numeral

𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (vīsati) (cardinal number)

1. twenty
   • c. 304 BCE – 232 BCE, Aśoka, Rumindei Minor Pillar Edict 1-2:

     𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀦𑀧𑀺𑀬𑁂𑀦 𑀧𑀺𑀬𑀤𑀲𑀺𑀦 𑀮𑀸𑀚𑀺𑀦 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺𑀯𑀲𑀸𑀪𑀺𑀲𑀺𑀢𑁂𑀦
     𑀅𑀢𑀦 𑀆𑀕𑀸𑀘 𑀫𑀳𑀻𑀬𑀺𑀢𑁂 𑀳𑀺𑀤 𑀩𑀼𑀥𑁂 𑀚𑀸𑀢𑁂 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀬𑀫𑀼𑀦𑀻 𑀢𑀺

     devānapiyena piyadasina lājina vīsativasābhisitena
     atana āgāca mahīyite hida budhe jāte sakyamunī ti

     • 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch

       When king Devānāṃpriya Priyadarśin had been anointed twenty years, he came himself and worshipped (this spot), because the Buddha Śākyamuni was born here.

Alternative forms

Attested at Lumbini.

Dialectal forms of 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (“twenty”)
Variety	Location	Lemmas	Forms edit
Central	Lumbini	𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (vīsati)	𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (vīsati)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (“twenty”)
𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (vīsati) (1)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀲 (vīsa), 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀤𑀺 (vīsadi) — Śaurasenī, 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀇 (vīsaï) — Ardhamāgadhī, Māgadhī, Māhārāṣṭrī (see there for further descendants)

References

• Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aśoka (new edition), in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 254.