𐨩𐨭𐨆

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit यशः (yáśaḥ).

Noun

𐨩𐨭𐨆 (yaśo)

1. glory

Alternative forms

Attested at Mansehra and Shahbazgarhi.

Dialectal forms of 𐨩𐨭𐨆 (“glory”)
Variety	Location	Forms edit
Central	Kalsi	𑀬𑀱𑁄 (yaṣo), 𑀬𑀲𑁄 (yaso)
Northwest	Shahbazgarhi	𐨩𐨭𐨆 (yaśo), 𐨩𐨯 (yasa)
	Mansehra	𐨩𐨭𐨆 (yaśo), 𐨩𐨯 (yasa)
West	Girnar	𑀬𑀲 (yasa), 𑀬𑀲𑁄 (yaso)

Map of dialectal forms of 𐨩𐨭𐨆 (“glory”)
𐨩𐨭𐨆 (yaśo) (2) 𐨩𐨯 (yasa) (2) 𑀬𑀲𑁄 (yaso) (2) 𑀬𑀱𑁄 (yaṣo) (1) 𑀬𑀲 (yasa) (1)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀚𑀲 (jasa) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 98.
• Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aśoka (new edition), in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 251.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yáśas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 604