𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara).

Noun

𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭 (aṃtara) n (Girnar)

1. (long) period of time, interval
   • 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

Alternative forms

Attested at Girnar.

Dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭 (“period of time”)
Variety	Location	Forms edit
Central	Kalsi	𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮 (aṃtala)
East	Dhauli	𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮 (aṃtala)
	Jaugada	𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮 (aṃtala)
Northwest	Shahbazgarhi	𐨀𐨎𐨟𐨪 (aṃtara)
	Mansehra	𐨀𐨎𐨟𐨪 (aṃtara)
West	Girnar	𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭 (aṃtara)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭 (“period of time”)
𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮 (aṃtala) (3) 𐨀𐨎𐨟𐨪 (aṃtara) (2) 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭 (aṃtara) (1)

References

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