𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī́). Cognate with Pali lakkhī.

Proper noun

𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (lacchī) f (Devanagari लच्छी, Kannada ಲಚ್ಛೀ) (Maharastri)

1. (Hinduism) Lakshmi
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 42:

     𑀆𑀭𑀁𑀪𑀁𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀥𑀼𑀅𑀁 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 𑀫𑀭𑀡𑀁-𑀯 𑀳𑁄𑀇 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲
     𑀢𑀁 𑀫𑀭𑀡𑀁 𑀅𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀁𑀪𑁂-𑀯𑀺 𑀳𑁄𑀇 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 𑀉𑀡 𑀡 𑀳𑁄𑀇

     āraṃbhaṃtassa dhuaṃ lacchī maraṇaṃ-va hoi purisassa
     taṃ maraṇaṃ aṇāraṃbhe-vi hoi lacchī uṇa ṇa hoi

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       If a man shows initiative, there is the prospect of either wealth or death.
       Even if he lacks initiative, death is certain, wealth is not.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (feminine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (lacchī)	𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀑 (lacchīo) or 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (lacchī)
Accusative	𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺𑀁 (lacchiṃ)	𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀑 (lacchīo) or 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (lacchī)
Instrumental	𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀏 (lacchīe)	𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀳𑀺 (lacchīhi) or 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁 (lacchīhiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀑 (lacchīo)	𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (lacchīhiṃto)
Genitive	𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀏 (lacchīe)	𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀡 (lacchīṇa) or 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀡𑀁 (lacchīṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀏 (lacchīe)	𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀲𑀼 (lacchīsu) or 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀲𑀼𑀁 (lacchīsuṃ)
Vocative	𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺 (lacchi) or 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (lacchī)	𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻𑀑 (lacchīo) or 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (lacchī)

Descendants

• Old Gujarati: लाछि (lāchi)
  • Gujarati: લાછ (lāch)
  • Marwari:

    Devanagari script: लाछ (lāch), लाछी (lāchī)

    Mahajani script: 𑅮𑅚 (lch), 𑅮𑅚𑅑 (lchi)

Further reading

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “लच्छि° लच्छी”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 721.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 220.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 105.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lakṣmīˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 630