𑀧𑀁𑀘
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
From Sanskrit पञ्चन् (pañcan), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pánća, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánča, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.
Numeral
𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca)
- (cardinal) five
- c. 257 BCE, Ashoka, Girnar Major Rock Edict 3 :
- 𑀲𑀭𑁆𑀯𑀢 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑀺𑀢𑁂 𑀫𑀫 𑀬𑀼𑀢𑀸 𑀘 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀽𑀓𑁂 𑀘 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀤𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁂 𑀘 𑀧𑀁𑀘𑀲𑀼 𑀧𑀁𑀘𑀲𑀼 𑀯𑀸𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 𑀅𑀦𑀼𑀲𑀁𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀁 𑀦𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀼 𑀏𑀢𑀸𑀬𑁂𑀯 𑀅𑀣𑀸𑀬 𑀇𑀫𑀸𑀬 𑀥𑀁𑀫𑀸𑀦𑀼𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀝𑀺𑀬 𑀬𑀣𑀸 𑀅𑀜𑀸 𑀬 𑀧𑀺 𑀓𑀁𑀫𑀸𑀬
- sarvata vijite mama yutā ca rājūke ca prādesike ca paṃcasu paṃcasu vāsesu anusaṃyānaṃ niyātu etāyeva athāya imāya dhaṃmānusasṭiya yathā añā ya pi kaṃmāya
- Everywhere in my domains, the Yuktās and the Rājūkas and the Prādesikas every five years shall set out for a complete tour for this purpose: this instruction in morality as well as other business.
- 𑀲𑀭𑁆𑀯𑀢 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑀺𑀢𑁂 𑀫𑀫 𑀬𑀼𑀢𑀸 𑀘 𑀭𑀸𑀚𑀽𑀓𑁂 𑀘 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀤𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁂 𑀘 𑀧𑀁𑀘𑀲𑀼 𑀧𑀁𑀘𑀲𑀼 𑀯𑀸𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 𑀅𑀦𑀼𑀲𑀁𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀁 𑀦𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀼 𑀏𑀢𑀸𑀬𑁂𑀯 𑀅𑀣𑀸𑀬 𑀇𑀫𑀸𑀬 𑀥𑀁𑀫𑀸𑀦𑀼𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀝𑀺𑀬 𑀬𑀣𑀸 𑀅𑀜𑀸 𑀬 𑀧𑀺 𑀓𑀁𑀫𑀸𑀬
Alternative forms
| Dialectal forms of 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (“five”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Forms edit |
| Central | Kalsi | 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca) |
| East | Dhauli | 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca) |
| Jaugada | 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca) | |
| Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | 𐨤𐨎𐨕 (paṃca) |
| West | Girnar | 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca) |
| Map of dialectal forms of 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (“five”) | ||
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 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca) (4) 𐨤𐨎𐨕 (paṃca) (1) | ||