akṣar

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Meaning:	“akṣara”; “syllable, character”; “script, system of writing”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	akṣār
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. akṣara- "lit. imperishable, unalterable; character, syllable, sound"
Lexeme variants:	akṣar
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	akṣar	akṣari
voc
acc	akṣar	akṣaräs
gen	akṣris
loc
comit
inst		akṣaräsyo
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• akṣar “akṣara” “syllable, character” “script, system of writing” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	akṣar	akṣari
  acc	akṣar	akṣaräs
  gen	akṣris
  inst		akṣaräsyo

Occurrences

akṣar

1	A 273 a4	(brahmāyu) (trä)ṅkäṣ äsaṃ nu	akṣar	akṣris kaśaṃ yäṣ ॥
2	A 273 a5	bodhisattu a5 /// (sä)s	akṣar	puk märkampalntu śärsässi āyāto
3	A 273 a6	nāṃtsu tämyo a6 (säs)	(akṣar)	(akṣris) (kaśaṃ) (yäṣ) ///
4	A 273 b3	ka(k)l(y)u(ṣuräṣ) /// b3 ///	akṣar	kälytär ॥ tmäṣ purohi(t)
5	A 273 b5	; (kä)ntantuyo māk :	akṣar	lame yomuṣ ; akṣar
6	A 273 b5	akṣar lame yomuṣ ;	akṣar	āksiṣab6(ntāñ) ; (cem-äk) (nāṃtsuṣ)
7	A 273 b6	(cam) (brāhmī) (ñom) ;	(akṣar)	(peke) (piktsi) ; (āklye)
8	A 273 b8	॥ b8 ///	(a)k(ṣa)r	pekeyaṃ ; mā naṣ