𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻
Prakrit
Proper noun
𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (lacchī) f (Devanagari लच्छी, Kannada ಲಚ್ಛೀ) (Maharastri)
- (Hinduism) Lakshmi
- c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 42:
- 𑀆𑀭𑀁𑀪𑀁𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀥𑀼𑀅𑀁 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 𑀫𑀭𑀡𑀁-𑀯 𑀳𑁄𑀇 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲
𑀢𑀁 𑀫𑀭𑀡𑀁 𑀅𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀁𑀪𑁂-𑀯𑀺 𑀳𑁄𑀇 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 𑀉𑀡 𑀡 𑀳𑁄𑀇- āraṃbhaṃtassa dhuaṃ lacchī maraṇaṃ-va hoi purisassa
taṃ maraṇaṃ aṇāraṃbhe-vi hoi lacchī uṇa ṇa hoi
- 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken
- If a man shows initiative, there is the prospect of either wealth or death.
Even if he lacks initiative, death is certain, wealth is not.
- If a man shows initiative, there is the prospect of either wealth or death.
- āraṃbhaṃtassa dhuaṃ lacchī maraṇaṃ-va hoi purisassa
- 𑀆𑀭𑀁𑀪𑀁𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀥𑀼𑀅𑀁 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 𑀫𑀭𑀡𑀁-𑀯 𑀳𑁄𑀇 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (feminine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (lacchī) | 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀑 (lacchīo) or 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (lacchī) |
| Accusative | 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺𑀁 (lacchiṃ) | 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀑 (lacchīo) or 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (lacchī) |
| Instrumental | 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀏 (lacchīe) | 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀳𑀺 (lacchīhi) or 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁 (lacchīhiṃ) |
| Dative | — | — |
| Ablative | 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀑 (lacchīo) | 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (lacchīhiṃto) |
| Genitive | 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀏 (lacchīe) | 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀡 (lacchīṇa) or 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀡𑀁 (lacchīṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀏 (lacchīe) | 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀲𑀼 (lacchīsu) or 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀲𑀼𑀁 (lacchīsuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺 (lacchi) or 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (lacchī) | 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀑 (lacchīo) or 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (lacchī) |
Descendants
- Old Gujarati: लाछि (lāchi)
- Gujarati: લાછ (lāch)
- Marwari:
- Devanagari script: लाछ (lāch), लाछी (lāchī)
- Mahajani script: 𑅮𑅚 (lch), 𑅮𑅚𑅑 (lchi)
Further reading
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “लच्छि° लच्छी”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 721.
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 220.
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 105.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lakṣmīˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 630
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