ñareyaṃ

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Meaning:	“hell”; “sin”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	nrai
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. Skt. niraya- "hell"; Skt. pāpa- "sin"
Lexeme variants:	ñareyaṃ; nareyaṃ
Number:	singular
Case:	locative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ntu

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ñare	ñareyntu
voc
acc	ñare
gen
loc	ñareyaṃ	ñareyäṃtwaṃ
comit
inst
abl		ñareyäntwäṣ
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• ñare “hell” “sin” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	ñare	ñareyntu
  acc	ñare
  loc	ñareyaṃ	ñareyäṃtwaṃ
  abl		ñareyäntwäṣ

  • ñare-pālik “guardian of hell” m

    	sg	pl
    nom	ñare-pālik	ñare-pālikāñ
    acc	ñare-pālik

  • ñareṣi “pertaining to hell”

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
    nom	ñareṣi	ñareṣi	ñareṣiñi
    acc	ñareṣiṃ, ñareṣinäṃ, ñareṣi	ñareṣi	ñareṣinäs	ñareṣṣās, ñareṣinās
    gen			ñareṣinäśśi

  • prattika-ñare “individual hell” n

    	sg	pl
    nom	prattika-ñare
    acc	prattika-ñare
    loc	prattika-ñareyaṃ	prattika-ñareyntwaṃ

Occurrences

nareyaṃ

1

A 239 b2

; pätt(āṃñ)kä /// 11σ

(nare)b3yaṃ

: gogālik ñom ;

ñareyaṃ

1	A 28 a5	neṣ nākṣāt kāṣiññā(t) ///	(ña)a6reyaṃ	: ṣuṅkäṣ poryo tsäknäṣtär
2	A 60 a4	aratr-äm okāk särki aviś	ñareyaṃ	cmol ea5(ntsantär) /// ñäkci
3	A 89 a2	tär : säm sīnäṣträ	ñarea3(yaṃ)	/// nā wär papärsār
4	A 95 a4	wätkäś tämyo puk yas	ñaa5(reyaṃ)	/// (we)ñāräṃn a{t→n}ac ॥
5	A 121 b6	madhumānak wä b6 ///	(ñare)yaṃ	: ñare-pālikāñ tampeyo
6	A 196 a4	/// a4 – ·	ñ(a)reyaṃ	cmalune /// a5 räṣ
7	A 222 a7	: wāt-äṃ antuṣ ;	ñareyaṃ	; kuppre ontaṃ ;
8	A 222 b2	(klā) säm aviś ;	ñareyaṃ	: gokālik ñom ;
9	A 222 b4	; (käntu) (pāto) ;	ñareyaṃ	: 100-10 sunakṣatre ;
10	A 229 a4	5σ /// ; raurāp	ñare;yaṃ	wrasañ {:} tmäṃsantär ṣakk
11	A 229 a5	ma – raurāp ;	ñareyaṃ	: we känt taryāk
12	A 229 a6	ñ ca· 0σ ;	ñar(e)yaṃ	; tmäṃsantär 40-4 tā(pa-ṃ)
13	A 229 a6	; tmäṃsantär 40-4 tā(pa-ṃ)	ñareyaṃ	; napeṃṣinās ; puklāyo
14	A 234 b3	b3 /// r säm	ñareyaṃ	cm· /// b4 ///
15	A 234 b7	/// b7 /// raurap	ñareyaṃ	: bhadrak· ///
16	A 239 a6	ntuṣ w· tä – – – – – – – –	(ña)reyaṃ	k(u)pre o(ntaṃ) /// b1
17	A 254 b2	śla niṣpal yātluneyaśśäl raurāp	ñareyaṃ	oki slamasyo wäntoṣ pukā-k
18	A 300 a4	pañcagatinaṃ ॥ ñare-pālikāñ ;	ñareyaṃ	; sälpmāṃ tkanā ;