𑀚𑀻𑀯
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
From Sanskrit जीव (jīva), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́iHwás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰiHwás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós, from *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”).[1]
Noun
𑀚𑀻𑀯 (jīva)
- living thing, life
- c. 257 BCE, Ashoka, Girnar Major Rock Edict 1 :
- 𑀇𑀥 𑀦 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 𑀚𑀻𑀯𑀁 𑀆𑀭𑀪𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀧𑀸 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀚𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀢𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀁
- idha na kiṃci jīvaṃ ārabhitpā prajūhitavyaṃ
- Here no living being must be killed and sacrificed.
- 𑀇𑀥 𑀦 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 𑀚𑀻𑀯𑀁 𑀆𑀭𑀪𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀧𑀸 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀚𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀢𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀁
Alternative forms
Dialectal forms of 𑀚𑀻𑀯 (“living thing”) | ||
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Variety | Location | Forms edit |
Central | Kalsi | 𑀚𑀺𑀯 (jiva) |
East | Dhauli | 𑀚𑀻𑀯 (jīva) |
Jaugada | 𑀚𑀸𑀯 (jāva) | |
Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | 𐨗𐨁𐨬 (jiva) |
Mansehra | 𐨗𐨁𐨬 (jiva) | |
West | Girnar | 𑀚𑀻𑀯 (jīva) |
Map of dialectal forms of 𑀚𑀻𑀯 (“living thing”) | ||
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𑀚𑀻𑀯 (jīva) (2) 𐨗𐨁𐨬 (jiva) (2) 𑀚𑀺𑀯 (jiva) (1) 𑀚𑀸𑀯 (jāva) (1) |
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “jīvá1 (5239)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press