๐‘€†๐‘€Ÿ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฃ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ซ

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Prakrit[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Scythian *Artavatauxma (โ€œoffspring of a righteous manโ€), composed of Scythian *artava (โ€œrighteousโ€) + Scythian *tauxman (โ€œseedโ€) (cf. Khotanese ttฤซma (โ€œseedโ€)).[1]

Proper noun[edit]

๐‘€†๐‘€Ÿ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฃ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ซ (ฤแธuthuma) (Devanagari เค†เคกเฅเคฅเฅเคฎ) [2]

  1. (Epigraphic Prakrit) a male given name from Scythian: Aduthuma, the name of an Indo-Scythian Buddhist donor

References[edit]

  1. ^ Harmatta, Janos (1999) โ€œLanguages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka Kingdomsโ€, in Harmatta, Janos, Puri, B. N., Etemadi, G. F., editors, History of civilizations of Central Asia[1], volume 2, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House, โ†’ISBN, pages 398-406
  2. ^ James Burgess, Bhagwanlal Indraji (1881) Inscriptions from the Cave-Temples of Western India: With Descriptive Notes &c.[2], Government Central Press, page 45