𑀫𑁄𑀟𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit मोट॑ति (móṭati),[1] perhaps from Dravidian. Compare Tamil முடை (muṭai), Telugu మొట్టు (moṭṭu).

    Verb

    𑀫𑁄𑀟𑀇 (moḍaï) (Devanagari मोडइ, Kannada ಮೋಡಇ) (transitive) (attested in Jain Māhārāṣṭrī) [2][3][4]

    1. to twist
    2. to break
      • c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti II. Saṇaṃkumāra, page 22, line 2:
        𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀣-𑀬 𑀯𑀲𑀡-𑀅𑀯𑀟𑀺𑀬𑀁-𑀢𑀺 𑀓𑀸𑀊𑀡 𑀓𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥𑁂𑀡 𑀯𑁂𑀬𑀟𑁆𑀠-𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀺𑀡𑀸 𑀅𑀲𑀺𑀬𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁂𑀡 𑀲𑀳 𑀚𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀁 𑀲𑀁𑀯𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀁𑁇 𑀢𑁂𑀡-𑀬 𑀧𑀠𑀫𑀁 𑀕𑀼𑀭𑀼-𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀭-𑀉𑀳 𑀡𑀺𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀭𑁄 𑀫𑁄𑀟𑀺𑀬 𑀢𑀭𑀼-𑀯𑀭𑁄 𑀧𑀯𑀡𑁄 𑀫𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁄𑁇
        tattha-ya vasaṇa-avaḍiyaṃ-ti kāūṇa kuddheṇa veyaḍḍha-vāsiṇā asiyakkheṇa saha jujjhaṃ saṃvuttaṃ. teṇa-ya paḍhamaṃ guru-sakkara-uha ṇibbaro moḍiya taru-varo pavaṇo mukko.
        • 1909 translation by John Jacob Meyer
          And there the Yaksha Asiyakkha who lived on Mount Vaitāḍhya, considering [Saṇaṃkumāra] one who had approached there from viciousness, became angry, and a fight took place with him.
          He first emitted a wind that was filled with a mighty torrent of pebbles and broke the biggest trees.

    Descendants

    • Apabhramsa: 𑆩𑆾𑆝𑆅 (moḍaï) (see there for further descendants)

    References