𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀥𑀼 (sādhu), from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu). Cognate with Ardhamagadhi Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀼 (sāhu), Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀼 (sāhu), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀼 (sāhu), Pali sādhu.

Adjective

𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼 (śāhu) (Devanagari शाहु) (Magadhi)

1. good, virtuous

Noun

𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼 (śāhu) m (Devanagari शाहु) (Magadhi)

1. (Hinduism) ascetic, monk

Declension

Magadhi declension of 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼 (śāhu) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼𑀁 (śāhuṃ)	𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼𑀡𑁄 (śāhuṇo) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀑 (śāhao)
Accusative	𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼𑀁 (śāhuṃ)	𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼𑀡𑁄 (śāhuṇo) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀽 (śāhū)
Instrumental	𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼𑀡𑀸 (śāhuṇā)	𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀽𑀳𑀺 (śāhūhi) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀁 (śāhūhiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀽𑀤𑁄 (śāhūdo) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀽𑀤𑀼 (śāhūdu) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼𑀡𑁄 (śāhuṇo) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (śāhūhiṃto) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀽𑀳𑀺 (śāhūhi) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁄 (śāhutto)	𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀽𑀰𑀼𑀁𑀢𑁄 (śāhūśuṃto) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (śāhūhiṃto) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁄 (śāhutto) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀽𑀑 (śāhūo)
Genitive	𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀽𑀡𑁄 (śāhūṇo) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼𑀰𑁆𑀰 (śāhuśśa)	𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀽𑀡𑀁 (śāhūṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (śāhummi)	𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼𑀰𑀼 (śāhuśu) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼𑀰𑀼𑀁 (śāhuśuṃ)
Vocative	𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼 (śāhu) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀽 (śāhū)	𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼𑀡𑁄 (śāhuṇo) or 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀑 (śāhao)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sādhú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 267.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 175.