𑀲𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀇
Prakrit
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit सम्बुध्यते (sambudhyate). Synchronically analysable as 𑀲𑀁- (saṃ-) + 𑀩𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀇 (bujjhaï). Cognate with Pali sambujjhati.
Verb
𑀲𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀇 (saṃbujjhaï) (Devanagari संबुज्झइ, Kannada ಸಂಬುಜ್ಝಇ) (transitive) (Maharastri)
- to wake up, understand
- c. 700 CE, Haribhadra, Maṇipati-Carita 478:
- […] 𑀲𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀁𑀢𑀻 𑀦𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀁 𑀦 𑀬 𑀧𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀧𑀺 𑀲𑁄 𑀧𑀪𑀸𑀬𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 𑀢𑁄 𑀲𑁄 𑀤𑀁𑀲𑀡-𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻-𑀭𑀳𑀺𑀑 𑀦 𑀢𑀭𑁂𑀇 𑀘𑀁𑀓𑀫𑀺𑀉𑀁
- […] saṃbujjhaṃtī niccaṃ na ya piccaï kiṃpi so pabhāyammi to so daṃsaṇa-sattī-rahio na tarei caṃkamiuṃ
- […] and always on waking [the koel bird] could not see anything at daybreak and devoid of the faculty of sight it could not move about.
- […] 𑀲𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀁𑀢𑀻 𑀦𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀁 𑀦 𑀬 𑀧𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀧𑀺 𑀲𑁄 𑀧𑀪𑀸𑀬𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 𑀢𑁄 𑀲𑁄 𑀤𑀁𑀲𑀡-𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻-𑀭𑀳𑀺𑀑 𑀦 𑀢𑀭𑁂𑀇 𑀘𑀁𑀓𑀫𑀺𑀉𑀁
- c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti III. Udāyaṇa page 31, line 14:
- 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑁄 𑀉𑀤𑀸𑀬𑀡𑀁 𑀩𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀇; 𑀦 𑀲𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀇
- devo udāyaṇaṃ bohei; na saṃbujjhaï
- The god tried to convert Udāyaṇa, but he was not converted.
- 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑁄 𑀉𑀤𑀸𑀬𑀡𑀁 𑀩𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀇; 𑀦 𑀲𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀇
Descendants
- Hindustani: samajhnā
- Hindi: समझना
- Urdu: سَمَجْھنَا
- Marathi: समजणे (samajṇe)
References
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928), “संबुज्झ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “saṁbudhyatē”, 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 277.