𑀫𑀭𑀡

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀫𑀭𑀡 (maraṇa). Cognate with Pali maraṇa.

𑀫𑀭𑀡 (maraṇa) n

1. death, dying
   • c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Rock Edict 13 Girnar line 1:

     [𑀯]𑀥𑁄-𑀯 𑀫𑀭𑀡𑀁-𑀯 𑀅𑀧𑀯𑀸𑀳𑁄-𑀯 𑀚𑀦𑀲 𑀢 𑀩𑀸𑀠𑀁 𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀦-𑀫𑀢-𑀘 𑀕𑀼𑀭𑀼-𑀫𑀢-𑀘 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀸[𑀦𑀁𑀧𑀺] [𑀲]

     [va]dho-va maraṇaṃ-va apavāho-va janasa ta bāḍhaṃ vedana-mata-ca guru-mata-ca devā[naṃpi] [sa]

     slaughter, death, and deportation of people, this is considered very painful and deplorable by Dēvānaṁpriya

Attested at Girnar.

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀫𑀭𑀡 (“death”)
𐨨𐨪𐨞 (maraṇa) (2) 𑀫𑀭𑀡 (maraṇa) (1) 𑀫𑀮𑀦 (malana) (1)

• Gandhari: 𐨨𐨪𐨣 (marana)
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀭𑀡 (maraṇa) (see there for further descendants)

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• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “maraṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 567

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀭𑀡 (maraṇa), from Sanskrit 𑀫𑀭𑀡 (maraṇa). Cognate with Pali maraṇa, Gandhari 𐨨𐨪𐨣 (marana).

𑀫𑀭𑀡 (maraṇa) n (Devanagari मरण, Kannada ಮರಣ) (Maharastri, Sauraseni, Ardhamagadhi)

1. death, dying
   • 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.

   • c. 400 CE, Pravarasena II, Rāvaṇavadha Canto XI, line 83:

     𑀩𑁄𑀮𑀻𑀡𑁄 𑀫𑀅𑀭-𑀳𑀭𑁄 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛 𑀓𑀏𑀡 𑀫𑀭𑀡𑀁-𑀧𑀺 𑀤𑁂 𑀧𑀟𑀺𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁
     𑀡𑀺𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀽𑀠𑀁 𑀡𑀸𑀳 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑁂 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚-𑀯𑀺 𑀥𑀭𑀇 𑀅𑀓𑀅𑀡𑀼𑀅𑀁 𑀫𑀳 𑀳𑀺𑀅𑀅𑀁

     bolīṇo maara-haro majjha kaeṇa maraṇaṃ-pi de paḍivaṇṇaṃ
     ṇivvūḍhaṃ ṇāha tume ajja-vi dharaï akaaṇuaṃ maha hiaaṃ

     • 1974 translation by Krishna Kanta Handique

       Thou didst cross the ocean, and accept even death for my sake.
       Thy task, my lord, was fulfilled, but my ungrateful heart beats even now.

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “मरण”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 674.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, pages 114, 133, 250.
• Otto von Böhtlingk (1877) “मरण”, in Sanskrit-Chrestomathie (chapter “Prakrit-Index”) (in German), St. Petersburg: Eggers & Co., →OCLC, page 338 of 372
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, pages 84, 20, 105.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “maraṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 567