𑀫𑁄𑀟𑀇
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀫𑁄𑀟𑁂𑀇 (moḍei) — Ardhamāgadhī
- 𑀫𑁄𑀴𑀇 (moḷaï) — Māgadhī
Etymology
Etymology tree
Sanskrit मोट॑ति (móṭati)
Prakrit 𑀫𑁄𑀟𑀇
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]
- to twist
- 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.
- 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.
- 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𑁇
Descendants
- Apabhramsa: 𑆩𑆾𑆝𑆅 (moḍaï) (see there for further descendants)
References
More information
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “muṭáti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 586: “Pk. mōḍaï 'twists, breaks'”
- ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “मोड”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 699.
- ^ Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957), Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, pages 172, 370: “§538 Mg. for moḷiā = moṭitaḥ (2,212) we have to read moḍiā … §548 At Mṛcch. 128,14 Mg. moḍaïśśāmi with the ending -mi as against moḍaïśśaṁ at Mṛcch 113,11 is made certain prosodically.”
- ^ Maharaj, Ratnachandraji (1923-1938), “√मोड”, in An Illustrated Ardha-Magadhi Dictionary, volume 4, Kesarichand Bhandari, page 206, column 1; republished Bungalow Road, Jawahar Nagar, Delhi 110007: Motilal Banarsidass, 1988