𐨭𐨂𐨜𐨯
Gandhari
Etymology
From Scythian *Śuḍāsa- (“who kept the good acts in memory”), composed of *śuḍa- (“goodness, good acts”) (cf. Khotanese śśuru, śuru, śśära (“good”); śśäḍe (“goodness, good acts”)) + *āsā- (“kept in memory”).[1]
Proper noun
𐨭𐨂𐨜𐨯 (Śuḍasa)
- Sodasa, an Indo-Scythian satrap
References
- Harmatta, Janos 1999, Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka kingdoms in Harmatta, J, BNPuri and GF Etemadi (eds), History of civilizations of Central Asia,volume II, The development of sedentary and nomadic civilizations: 700 BC to AD 250, Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi, p. 398-406.