𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ)

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Indo-European *dwih₁ḱm̥ti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwiHćati

Sanskrit विं॒श॒ति (viṃśatí)

Sanskrit षड्विं॑शति (ṣáḍviṃśati)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)

Inherited from Sanskrit षड्विं॑शति (ṣáḍviṃśati), from षष् (ṣaṣ) + विं॒श॒ति (viṃśatí).

Numeral

𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) (cardinal number)

1. twenty-six
   • c. 304 BCE – 232 BCE, Aśoka, Major Pillar Edict 5 Delhi-Topra.1-2:

     […] 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺𑀯𑀲
     𑀅𑀪𑀺𑀲𑀺𑀢𑁂𑀦 𑀫𑁂 𑀇𑀫𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀚𑀸𑀢𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀅𑀯𑀥𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀓𑀝𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀲𑁂𑀬𑀣𑀸

     […] saḍuvīsativasa
     abhisitena me imāni jātāni avadhiyāni kaṭāni seyathā

     • 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch

       (When I had been) anointed twenty-six years, the following animals were declared by me inviolable, viz. […]

Alternative forms

Attested at Allahabad-Kosambi, Delhi-Topra, Lauriya-Araraj and Lauriya-Nandangarh.

Dialectal forms of 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (“twenty-six”)
Variety	Location	Lemmas	Forms edit
Central	Delhi-Topra	𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)	𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)
	Rampurva	𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvāsati)	𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvāsati)
	Lauriya-Nandangarh	𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)	𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)
	Lauriya-Araraj	𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)	𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)
	Allahabad-Kosambi	𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)	𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (“twenty-six”)
𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati) (4) 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvāsati) (1)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀙𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀻𑀲 (chavvīsa) (see there for further descendants)