𑀙𑀸𑀬𑀸

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit छाया (chāyā́), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śćaHyáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *śćaHyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂.

Noun

𑀙𑀸𑀬𑀸 (chāyā) f (Delhi-Topra)

  1. shade, shadow
    • c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Pillar Edict 7 line 23:
      𑀫𑀕𑁂𑀲𑀼 𑀧𑀺 𑀫𑁂 𑀦𑀺𑀕𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀮𑁄𑀧𑀸𑀧𑀺𑀢𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀙𑀸𑀬𑁄𑀧𑀕𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀳𑁄𑀲𑀁𑀢𑀺 𑀧𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀼𑀦𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀦𑀁 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀯𑀟𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀬𑀸 𑀮𑁄𑀧𑀸𑀧𑀺𑀢𑀸
      magesu pi me nigohāni lopāpitāni chāyopagāni hosaṃti pasumunisānaṃ aṃbāvaḍikyā lopāpitā
      On the roads banyan-trees were caused to be planted by me, (in order that) they might afford shade to cattle and men, (and) mango-groves were caused to be planted.

Derived terms

  • *𑀙𑀸𑀬𑀸-𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*chāyā-illa)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀙𑀸𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮 (chāilla)
  • *𑀙𑀸𑀬𑀸-𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮-𑀇𑀓𑀸 ~ *𑀙𑀸𑀬𑀸-𑀉𑀮𑁆𑀮-𑀇𑀓𑀸 (*chāyā-illa-ikā ~ *chāyā-ulla-ikā)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀙𑀸𑀆-𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮-𑀇𑀆 ~ *𑀙𑀸𑀆-𑀉𑀮𑁆𑀮-𑀇𑀆 (*chāā-illa-iā ~ *chāā-ulla-iā)

Descendants

References

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

𑀙𑀸𑀬𑀸 f

  1. Brahmi script form of chāyā (shadow)

Declension

Prakrit

Noun

𑀙𑀸𑀬𑀸 (chāyā) f (Devanagari छाया, Kannada ಛಾಯಾ) (Jain Maharastri) [1]

  1. hiatus-filler form of 𑀙𑀸𑀆 (chāā)

References

  1. Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 181.
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