𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞

Ashokan Prakrit

𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa) m^[1]^[2]

(Hinduism) Alternative form of 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (brāmhaṇa, “a brahmana”)
- c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Major Rock Edict 4 Shahbazgarhi:
  𐨧𐨂𐨟𐨣𐨎 𐨙𐨟𐨁𐨣 𐨀𐨯𐨎𐨤𐨚𐨁𐨤𐨟𐨁 𐨭𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞𐨎𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞𐨣𐨎 𐨀𐨯𐨎𐨤𐨚𐨁𐨤𐨟𐨁
  bhutanaṃ ñatina asaṃpaṭipati śramaṇaṃbramaṇanaṃ asaṃpaṭipati
  […] discourtesy to relatives, (and) discourtesy to Brāhmaṇas and Śramaṇas.

Dialectal forms of 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (“bramhana”)
Variety	Location	Lemmas	Forms edit
Central	Kalsi	𑀩𑀁𑀪𑀦 (baṃbhana)
Central	Delhi-Topra	𑀩𑀸𑀪𑀦 (bābhana)
East	Dhauli	𑀩𑀁𑀪𑀦 (baṃbhana), 𑀩𑀸𑀪𑀦 (bābhana)
East	Jaugada	𑀩𑀁𑀪𑀦 (baṃbhana), 𑀩𑀸𑀪𑀦 (bābhana)
Northwest	Shahbazgarhi	𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa)
Northwest	Mansehra	𐨦𐨨𐨞 (bamaṇa), 𐨦𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨞 (bramaṇa)
West	Girnar	𑀩𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bāmhaṇa), 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (brāmhaṇa), 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bramhaṇa), 𑀩𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀡 (bamhaṇa)
West	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)

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “brāhmaṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
^ Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 62.