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.

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