लच्छी
Prakrit
Proper noun
लच्छी (lacchī) f (Brahmi 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻, Kannada ಲಚ್ಛೀ) (Maharastri)
- (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.
- If a man shows initiative, there is the prospect of either wealth or death.
- āraṃbhaṃtassa dhuaṃ lacchī maraṇaṃ-va hoi purisassa
- 𑀆𑀭𑀁𑀪𑀁𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀥𑀼𑀅𑀁 𑀮𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 𑀫𑀭𑀡𑀁-𑀯 𑀳𑁄𑀇 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲
Declension
| Maharastri declension of लच्छी (feminine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | लच्छी (lacchī) | लच्छीओ (lacchīo) or लच्छी (lacchī) |
| Accusative | लच्छिं (lacchiṃ) | लच्छीओ (lacchīo) or लच्छी (lacchī) |
| Instrumental | लच्छीए (lacchīe) | लच्छीहि (lacchīhi) or लच्छीहिं (lacchīhiṃ) |
| Dative | — | — |
| Ablative | लच्छीओ (lacchīo) | लच्छीहिंतो (lacchīhiṃto) |
| Genitive | लच्छीए (lacchīe) | लच्छीण (lacchīṇa) or लच्छीणं (lacchīṇaṃ) |
| Locative | लच्छीए (lacchīe) | लच्छीसु (lacchīsu) or लच्छीसुं (lacchīsuṃ) |
| Vocative | लच्छि (lacchi) or लच्छी (lacchī) | लच्छीओ (lacchīo) or लच्छी (lacchī) |
Descendants
- Old Gujarati: लाछि (lāchi)
- Gujarati: લાછ (lāch)
- Marwari:
- Devanagari: लाछ (lāch), लाछी (lāchī)
- Mahajani: 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
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