ṣāmnās

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Meaning:	“monk”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	ṣamāne
Equivalent in other languages:	Gand. ṣamana-
Lexeme variants:	ṣāmnās
Number:	plural
Case:	accusative
Gender:	masculine

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ṣāmaṃ	ṣāmnāñ
voc
acc	ṣāmaṃ	ṣāmnās
gen	ṣāmne	ṣāmnāśśi
loc	ṣāmnaṃ
comit
inst
abl		ṣāmnāsäṣ
perl	ṣāmnāk	ṣāmnāsā
all		ṣāmnāsac
caus

Lexeme family

• ṣāmaṃ “monk” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	ṣāmaṃ	ṣāmnāñ
  acc	ṣāmaṃ	ṣāmnās
  gen	ṣāmne	ṣāmnāśśi
  loc	ṣāmnaṃ
  abl		ṣāmnāsäṣ
  perl	ṣāmnāk	ṣāmnāsā
  all		ṣāmnāsac

  • ṣāmañi “of a monk”

    	sg.m
    nom	ṣāmañi
    acc	ṣāmañiṃ, ṣāmañi
    gen	ṣāmañiyap

    • ṣāmnune “monkhood” n

      	sg
      nom	ṣāmnune
      acc	ṣāmnune
      gen	ṣāmnuneyis
      abl	ṣāmnuneyäṣ
      all	ṣāmnuneyac

      • ṣāmnuneṣi “monkhood”

        	sg.m
        acc	ṣāmnuneṣiṃ

Occurrences

ṣāmnās

1	A 298 a3	ṣurmaṣi : 1 nākmant	ṣāmnās	a /// a4 tkanā
2	A 300 a2	/// ākṣiññāmäs āśāwe maṅkyo	ṣāmnās	aśśā(śśi) – – – – – – aśśua3(ne) ///
3	A 336 b1	(piṭa)k t(ā)k kuc ne	ṣāmnās	a(ś)ś(ā)s wāskās wāskāñcāśśi ///
4	YQ III.11 b1	näṣ ; pissaṅkäṣ ;	ṣāmnās	kenmār ; piṃb2(twātac) (:)
5	YQ III.12 a2	(metra)käṃnyo ajiteṃ wires kāwältenäs	ṣāmnās	tälśināss oki a3