𑀘𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀇
Maharastri Prakrit
Etymology
Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀤𑀺 (caṭṭedi).
Verb
𑀘𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀇 (caṭṭei) (transitive)
- to lick
- c. 700 CE, Anonymous, Maṇipati-Carita 990:
- 𑀦𑀺𑀬𑀬-𑀓𑀮𑀁𑀓𑀁 𑀏𑀲𑁄 𑀅𑀯𑀡𑁂𑀉𑀁 𑀇𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀏 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀲𑀺𑀁 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀁 𑀘𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 𑀇𑀬 𑀲𑁄𑀉𑀁 𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀦𑀇 𑀘𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀊𑀡 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀁
- niyaya-kalaṃkaṃ eso avaṇeuṃ icchaë kuṃsiṃ tattaṃ caṭṭittā iya souṃ mannaï cāliūṇa siraṃ
- ‘He wishes to remove the stain of guilt by licking a red-hot ploughshare.’ Hearing this he assented by moving his head.
- 𑀦𑀺𑀬𑀬-𑀓𑀮𑀁𑀓𑀁 𑀏𑀲𑁄 𑀅𑀯𑀡𑁂𑀉𑀁 𑀇𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀏 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀲𑀺𑀁 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀁 𑀘𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 𑀇𑀬 𑀲𑁄𑀉𑀁 𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀦𑀇 𑀘𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀊𑀡 𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀁
- c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti VIII. Mūladeva page 58, line 32:
- 𑀦 𑀏𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 𑀧𑀟𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀭𑁂 𑀤𑁄𑀦𑁆𑀦𑀺 𑀓𑀭𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀸𑀇𑀁 𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀁𑀢𑀺, 𑀦 𑀬 𑀅𑀮𑁄𑀡𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀁 𑀓𑁄𑀇 𑀘𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀇
- na ekammi paḍiyāre donni karavālāiṃ māyaṃti, na ya aloṇiyaṃ silaṃ koi caṭṭei
- Two swords do not find room in one scabbard, nor does anyone eat the gleaned ear of corn without salt.
- 𑀦 𑀏𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 𑀧𑀟𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀭𑁂 𑀤𑁄𑀦𑁆𑀦𑀺 𑀓𑀭𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀸𑀇𑀁 𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀁𑀢𑀺, 𑀦 𑀬 𑀅𑀮𑁄𑀡𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀁 𑀓𑁄𑀇 𑀘𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀇
- Synonym: 𑀮𑀺𑀳𑀇 (lihaï)
Descendants
- Old Marathi: cāṭaṇe
- Devanagari: चाटणे
- Modi: 𑘓𑘰𑘘𑘜𑘹
- Marathi: चाटणे (cāṭṇe)
References
- Hargovind Das T. Sheth (1923-1928) , “चट्ट”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; A Comprehensive Prakrit-Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author]
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “caṭṭ (4573)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- R. Williams, editor (1959) Two Prakrit Versions Of The Maṇipati-Carita, Bristol: Burleigh Press, page 113