Aśokan salavaḍhi. New insights on the meaning of sala

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Articolo

Rivista

AEVUM

Fascicolo

AEVUM - 2022 - 1

Titolo

Aśokan salavaḍhi. New insights on the meaning of sala

Autori

Andrea Farina, Alessandro Giudice

Editore

Vita e Pensiero

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04-2022

Doi

10.26350/000193_000125

Issn

0001-9593 (stampa) | 1827-787X (digitale)

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This work focuses on the Skt. word lying behind sala-1 in the compound salavaḍhi, which occurs three times in Aśoka’s Rock Edict XII. We analyze each sound of the word sala- and show that it corresponds to Skt. śāla-, “the Śal tree”. Then, we account for the meaning of sala- in the compound salavaḍhi and in the more general context of the edict. We conclude that sala- metaphorically means “wholesome qualities”, as a result of the Buddhist semantic association between sala-, “the Śal tree” and kuśala-, “wholesome (quality)”.