๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit ๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ (jฤซvรก).[1]

Noun

๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ (jฤซva)

  1. living thing, life
    • c. 257 BCE, Ashoka, Girnar Major Rock Edict 1 :
      ๐‘€‡๐‘€ฅ ๐‘€ฆ ๐‘€“๐‘€บ๐‘€๐‘€˜๐‘€บ ๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ ๐‘€†๐‘€ญ๐‘€ช๐‘€บ๐‘€ข๐‘†๐‘€ง๐‘€ธ ๐‘€ง๐‘†๐‘€ญ๐‘€š๐‘€ฝ๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ๐‘€ข๐‘€ฏ๐‘†๐‘€ฌ๐‘€
      idha na kiแนƒci jฤซvaแนƒ ฤrabhitpฤ prajลซhitavyaแนƒ
      Here no living being must be killed and sacrificed.

Alternative forms

Attested at Allahabad-Kosambi, Delhi-Meerut, Delhi-Topra, Dhauli, Girnar, Lauriya-Araraj, Lauriya-Nandangarh and Rampurva.

Dialectal forms of ๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ (โ€œliving thingโ€)
Variety Location Forms
Central Kalsi ๐‘€š๐‘€บ๐‘€ฏ (jiva)
Delhi-Topra ๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ (jฤซva)
Delhi-Meerut ๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ (jฤซva)
Rampurva ๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ (jฤซva)
Lauriya-Nandangarh ๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ (jฤซva)
Lauriya-Araraj ๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ (jฤซva)
Allahabad-Kosambi ๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ (jฤซva)
East Dhauli ๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ (jฤซva)
Jaugada ๐‘€š๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฏ (jฤva)
Northwest Shahbazgarhi ๐จ—๐จ๐จฌ (jiva)
Mansehra ๐จ—๐จ๐จฌ (jiva)
West Girnar ๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ (jฤซva)
Map of dialectal forms of ๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ (โ€œliving thingโ€)
๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ (jฤซva) (8)
๐จ—๐จ๐จฌ (jiva) (2)
๐‘€š๐‘€บ๐‘€ฏ (jiva) (1)
๐‘€š๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฏ (jฤva) (1)

References

  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ€“1985) โ€œjฤซvรก1โ€, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ

  1. Brahmi script form of jฤซva (โ€œlivingโ€)

Declension

Noun

๐‘€š๐‘€ป๐‘€ฏ m or n

  1. Brahmi script form of jฤซva (โ€œlifeโ€)

Declension

When masculine, the nominative, vocative and accusative are:

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