𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
From Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇá).
Noun
𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa) m (Shahbazgarhi)
- (Hinduism) a brahmana
- c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Rock Edict 4 Shahbazgarhi
- 𐨧𐨂𐨟𐨣𐨎 𐨙𐨟𐨁𐨣 𐨀𐨯𐨎𐨤𐨚𐨁𐨤𐨟𐨁 𐨭𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞𐨎𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞𐨣𐨎 𐨀𐨯𐨎𐨤𐨚𐨁𐨤𐨟𐨁
- bhutanaṃ ñatina asaṃpaṭipati śramaṇaṃbramaṇanaṃ asaṃpaṭipati
- […] discourtesy to relatives, (and) discourtesy to Brāhmaṇas and Śramaṇas.
Alternative forms
Dialectal forms of 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (“bramhana”) | ||
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Variety | Location | Forms edit |
Central | Kalsi | 𑀩𑀁𑀪𑀦 (baṃbhana) |
Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa) |
Mansehra | 𐨦𐨨𐨞 (bamaṇa) | |
West | Girnar | 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (brāmhaṇa), 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bramhaṇa), 𑀩𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bāmhaṇa), 𑀩𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bamhaṇa) |
Map of dialectal forms of 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (“bramhana”) | ||
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𑀩𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bāmhaṇa) (1) 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa) (1) 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bramhaṇa) (1) 𑀩𑀁𑀪𑀦 (baṃbhana) (1) 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (brāmhaṇa) (1) 𐨦𐨨𐨞 (bamaṇa) (1) 𑀩𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bamhaṇa) (1) |
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “brāhmaṇá (9327)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press