𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁂𑀡𑀻

Prakrit

Alternative forms

  • 𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇𑀡𑀻 (ujjaïṇī)Śaurasenī

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀉𑀚𑁂𑀦𑀺 (ujeni /⁠ujjeni⁠/), from Sanskrit उज्जयिनी (ujjayinī).

Proper noun

𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁂𑀡𑀻 (ujjeṇīf (Devanagari उज्जेणी, Gujarati ઉજ્જેણી, Kannada ಉಜ್ಜೇಣೀ) (attested in Ardhamāgadhī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī) [1][2][3][4]

  1. Ujjayini (the ancient capital of the Avanti kingdom; modern Ujjain)
    • c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti V. Domuha, page 39, line 20:
      𑀇𑀑-𑀬 𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁂𑀡𑀻𑀏 𑀘𑀁𑀟-𑀧𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀬-𑀭𑀸𑀬𑀸𑁇
      𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀤𑀽𑀏𑀡 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀬𑀁, “𑀚𑀳𑀸 𑀭𑀸𑀬𑀸 𑀤𑁄𑀫𑀼𑀳𑁄 𑀚𑀸𑀑𑁇”
      𑀧𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀏𑀡 𑀪𑀡𑀺𑀬𑀁, “𑀓𑀳𑀁?”
      io-ya ujjeṇīe caṃḍa-pajjoya-rāyā.
      tassa dūeṇa sāhiyaṃ, “jahā rāyā domuho jāo.”
      pajjoeṇa bhaṇiyaṃ, “kahaṃ?”
      • 1909 translation by John Jacob Meyer
        Now there was king Pajjoya the Terrible in Ujjayini.
        A messenger reported to him, “The king has become two-faced”.
        Pajjoya said, “How?”

Descendants

  • Apabhramsa: उज्जेणि (ujjeṇi) (see there for further descendants)

References