𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀖 (siṃgha)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá, “lion”). Cognate with Ardhamagadhi Prakrit 𑀲𑀻𑀳 (sīha), Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳 (siṃha), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀻𑀳 (sīha), Pali sīha.

Noun

𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳 (śiṃha) m (Devanagari शिंह) (Māgadhī)

1. lion

Declension

Magadhi declension of 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑁂 (śiṃhe)	𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸 (śiṃhā)
Accusative	𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀁 (śiṃhaṃ)	𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑁂 (śiṃhe)
Instrumental	𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑁂𑀡 (śiṃheṇa) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑁂𑀡𑀁 (śiṃheṇaṃ)	𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (śiṃhehi) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (śiṃhehiṃ)
Dative	𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀅 (śiṃhāa)	—
Ablative	𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀤𑁄 (śiṃhādo) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁄 (śiṃhatto) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (śiṃhāhiṃto) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀤𑀼 (śiṃhādu) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺 (śiṃhāhi) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸 (śiṃhā)	𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀰𑀼𑀁𑀢𑁄 (śiṃhaśuṃto) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑁂𑀰𑀼𑀁𑀢𑁄 (śiṃheśuṃto) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (śiṃhāhiṃto) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺 (śiṃhāhi) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (śiṃhehi) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀑 (śiṃhāo) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀉 (śiṃhāu) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁄 (śiṃhatto) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀤𑁄 (śiṃhādo) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀤𑀼 (śiṃhādu)
Genitive	𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀰𑁆𑀰 (śiṃhaśśa) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀳 (śiṃhāha)	𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀁 (śiṃhāṇaṃ) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀁 (śiṃhāhaṃ)
Locative	𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑁂 (śiṃhe) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀺 (śiṃhamhi) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (śiṃhammi)	𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑁂𑀰𑀼 (śiṃheśu) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑁂𑀰𑀼𑀁 (śiṃheśuṃ)
Vocative	𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳 (śiṃha) or 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑁂 (śiṃhe)	𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸 (śiṃhā)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “siṁhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 188
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 25.