𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀤𑀻 (sarassadī) – Sauraseni
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit सरस्वती (sárasvatī).
Proper noun
𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈 (sarassaī) f (Devanagari सरस्सई, Kannada ಸರಸ್ಸಈ) (Maharastri)
- (Hinduism) Sarasvati (Hindu goddess of knowledge and the arts)
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈 (feminine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈 (sarassaī) | 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈𑀑 (sarassaīo) or 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈 (sarassaī) |
| Accusative | 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇𑀁 (sarassaïṃ) | 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈𑀑 (sarassaīo) or 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈 (sarassaī) |
| Instrumental | 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈𑀏 (sarassaīe) | 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈𑀳𑀺 (sarassaīhi) or 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈𑀳𑀺𑀁 (sarassaīhiṃ) |
| Dative | — | — |
| Ablative | 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈𑀑 (sarassaīo) | 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (sarassaīhiṃto) |
| Genitive | 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈𑀏 (sarassaīe) | 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈𑀡 (sarassaīṇa) or 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈𑀡𑀁 (sarassaīṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈𑀏 (sarassaīe) | 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈𑀲𑀼 (sarassaīsu) or 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈𑀲𑀼𑀁 (sarassaīsuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇 (sarassaï) or 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈 (sarassaī) | 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈𑀑 (sarassaīo) or 𑀲𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀈 (sarassaī) |
References
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 222.
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 12.
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928), “सरस्सई”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 880.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sárasvatī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 766