𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡
Ashokan Prakrit
Noun
𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (brāmhaṇa) m (Girnar)
- (Hinduism) a brahmana
- c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Rock Edict 4 Girnar
- 𑀅𑀢𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀢𑀁 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭𑀁 𑀩𑀳𑀽𑀦𑀺 𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀲𑀢𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀯𑀠𑀺𑀢𑁄 𑀏𑀯 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀁𑀪𑁄 𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀲 𑀘 𑀪𑀽𑀢𑀸𑀦𑀫 𑀜𑀸𑀢𑀻𑀲𑀼 𑀅𑀲𑀁𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀢𑀺𑀧𑀢𑀻 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀭𑀫𑀡𑀸𑀦𑀁 𑀅𑀲𑀁𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀢𑀻𑀧𑀢𑀻
- atikātaṃ aṃtaraṃ bahūni vāsasatāni vaḍhito eva prāṇāraṃbho vihiṃsa ca bhūtānama ñātīsu asaṃpratipatī brāmhaṇasramaṇānaṃ asaṃpratīpatī
- In times past, for many hundreds of years, there had ever been promoted the killing of animals and the hurting of living beings, discourtesy to relatives, (and) discourtesy to Brāhmaṇas and Śramaṇas.
Alternative forms
Attested at Girnar.
| Dialectal forms of 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (“bramhana”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Forms |
| Central | Kalsi | 𑀩𑀁𑀪𑀦 (baṃbhana) |
| Delhi-Topra | 𑀩𑀸𑀪𑀦 (bābhana) | |
| East | Dhauli | 𑀩𑀁𑀪𑀦 (baṃbhana), 𑀩𑀸𑀪𑀦 (bābhana) |
| Jaugada | 𑀩𑀁𑀪𑀦 (baṃbhana), 𑀩𑀸𑀪𑀦 (bābhana) | |
| Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa) |
| Mansehra | 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa), 𐨦𐨨𐨞 (bamaṇa) | |
| West | Girnar | 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (brāmhaṇa), 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bramhaṇa), 𑀩𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bāmhaṇa), 𑀩𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bamhaṇa) |
| Sopara | 𑀩𑀁𑀪 (baṃbha) | |
| Map of dialectal forms of 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (“bramhana”) | ||
|---|---|---|
 𑀩𑀁𑀪𑀦 (baṃbhana) (3) 𑀩𑀸𑀪𑀦 (bābhana) (3) 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa) (2) 𐨦𐨨𐨞 (bamaṇa) (1) 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (brāmhaṇa) (1) 𑀩𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bāmhaṇa) (1) 𑀩𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bamhaṇa) (1) 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bramhaṇa) (1) 𑀩𑀁𑀪 (baṃbha) (1) | ||
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀩𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bamhaṇa), 𑀩𑀁𑀪𑀡 (baṃbhaṇa)
- Early Assamese: বামন (bamono)
- Assamese: বামুণ (bamun)
- Old Bengali: বাম্ভণ (bāmbhaṇa)
- Bengali: বামন (bamon), বামুন (bamun), বাউন (baun)
- Bihari:
- Bhojpuri: बाम्हन (bāmhan), बाभन (bābhan)
- Maithili: बामन (bāman), बाभन (bābhan)
- Gujarati: બામણ (bāmaṇ)
- Hindustani:
- Awadhi: बाम्हन (bāmhan)
- Hindi: बाम्हन (bāmhan)
- Konkani:
- Devanagari: बामण
- Latin: bamonn
- Marathi: बामण (bāmaṇ)
- Nepali: बाहुन (bāhun)
- Oriya: ବାମୁଣ (bamuṇô) (dialectal or obsolete ବାଭୁଣ (babhuṇô), ବାମୁଣ (bamuṇô), ବାମ୍ଭୁଣ (bambhuṇô))
- Pahari:
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਬਾਹਮਣ (bāhmaṇ)
- Shahmukhi: باہْمَݨ (bāhmaṇ)
- Sindhi: براهَمَڻُ
- → Kurukh: बमभ्नस (bambhnas)
- Early Assamese: বামন (bamono)
- Elu:
- Sinhalese: බඹ (baᵐba)
- Gandhari: 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “brāhmaṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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