๐‘€ฉ๐‘€๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ฆ

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit เคฌเคจเฅเคงเคจ (bandhana).

    Noun

    ๐‘€ฉ๐‘€๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ฆ (baแนƒdhanan

    1. imprisonment
      • c. 257 BCE, Aล›oka, Separate Rock Edict 1 Dhauli.8:
        ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€บ๐‘€ข๐‘€บ๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ ๐‘€๐‘€“๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€บ๐‘€ฒ๐‘‚ ๐‘€ง๐‘€บ ๐‘€…๐‘€ฃ๐‘€บ ๐‘€ฌ๐‘‚ ๐‘€ฉ๐‘€๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€ ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ธ ๐‘€ง๐‘€ฎ๐‘€บ๐‘€“๐‘€บ๐‘€ฎ๐‘‚๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ธ ๐‘€ง๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€ข๐‘€บ
        nitiyaแนƒ ekapulise pi athi ye baแนƒdhanaแนƒ vฤ palikilesaแนƒ vฤ papunati
        • 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch
          It happens in the administration (of justice) that a single person suffers either imprisonment or harsh treatment.

    Declension

    Declension of ๐‘€ฉ๐‘€๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ฆ (baแนƒdhana)
    singular plural
    nominative ๐‘€ฉ๐‘€๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€
    baแนƒdhanaแนƒ
    โ€”
    accusative ๐‘€ฉ๐‘€๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€
    baแนƒdhanaแนƒ
    โ€”
    instrumental โ€” โ€”
    dative โ€” โ€”
    ablative โ€” โ€”
    genitive โ€” โ€”
    locative โ€” โ€”

    Alternative forms

    Attested at Delhi-Topra and Dhauli.

    Dialectal forms of ๐‘€ฉ๐‘€๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ฆ (โ€œimprisonmentโ€)
    Variety Location Lemmas Forms
    Central Delhi-Topra ๐‘€ฉ๐‘€๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ฆ (baแนƒdhana)
    East Dhauli ๐‘€ฉ๐‘€๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ฆ (baแนƒdhana) ๐‘€ฉ๐‘€๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€ nom.sg (baแนƒdhanaแนƒ), ๐‘€ฉ๐‘€๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€ acc.sg (baแนƒdhanaแนƒ)
    Map of dialectal forms of ๐‘€ฉ๐‘€๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ฆ (โ€œimprisonmentโ€)
    ๐‘€ฉ๐‘€๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ฆ (baแนƒdhana) (4)

    Descendants

    • Prakrit: ๐‘€ฉ๐‘€๐‘€ฅ๐‘€ก (baแนƒdhaแน‡a)

    References