𑀳𑀺

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit हि (hi)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀳𑀺 (hi)

Inherited from Sanskrit हि (hi).

Particle

𑀳𑀺 (hi)

1. for, because, on account of
   • c. 258 BCE, Aśoka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Brahmagiri.4:

     𑀧𑀓𑀫𑀲 𑀳𑀺 𑀇𑀬𑀁 𑀨𑀮𑁂

     pakamasa hi iyaṃ phale

     • 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch

       For this is the fruit of zeal.

Alternative forms

Attested at Bahapur, Bairat, Brahmagiri, Gavimath, Jatinga-Rameshwara, Nittur, Palkigundu, Rupnath, Siddapura, Udegolam and Yerragudi.

Dialectal forms of 𑀳𑀺 (“for”)
Variety	Location	Lemmas	Forms edit
Central	Rupnath	𑀳𑀺 (hi)
	Bairat	𑀳𑀺 (hi)
	Bahapur	𑀳𑀺 (hi)	?𑀳𑀺 (hi)
South	Yerragudi	𑀳𑀺 (hi)
	Siddapura	𑀳𑀺 (hi)
	Brahmagiri	𑀳𑀺 (hi), 𑀳𑀻𑀬𑀁 (hīyaṃ)
	Jatinga-Rameshwara	𑀳𑀺 (hi)
	Rajula-Mandagiri	𑀳𑀻𑀬𑀁 (hīyaṃ)
	Udegolam	𑀳𑀺 (hi)
	Nittur	𑀳𑀺 (hi)
	Gavimath	𑀳𑀺 (hi)
	Palkigundu	𑀳𑀺 (hi)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀳𑀺 (“for”)
𑀳𑀺 (hi) (11) 𑀳𑀻𑀬𑀁 (hīyaṃ) (2)

References

• Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) “hi”, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aśoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 177