brahmāyu
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| Meaning: | Carling and Pinault 2023: “Brahmāyu”; father of Maitreya; name of a former Buddha |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | brahmāyu |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. brahmāyu- |
| Lexeme variants: | brahmāyu |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | nominative |
| Gender: | masculine |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
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| nom | brahmāyu | ||
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| gen | brahmāyuy | ||
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Lexeme family
- brahmāyu “Brahmāyu”
father of Maitreya
name of a former Buddha
m
sg nom brahmāyu gen brahmāyuy - brahmāyuṣi “Brahmāyu”
father of Maitreya
name of a former Buddha
sg.m acc brahmāyuṣiṃ
- brahmāyuṣi “Brahmāyu”
father of Maitreya
name of a former Buddha
Occurrences
brahmāyu
| 1 | A 256 b6 | bhāgīrathe • brahme • | brahmāyu | • brahmadatte • indradane |
| 2 | A 257 a8 | ॥ tmäṣ meträkyāp pācar | brahmāyu | purohit • triwamāṃ oki |
| 3 | A 258 b5 | – – b5 /// | brahmāyu | pācar ; śaśälpu ñi |
| 4 | A 260 a2 | • ॥ täm kaklyuṣuräṣ | brahmāyu | purohit pär(ma)ṅk kärṣto a3 |
| 5 | A 273 a4 | (॥) (añumāski) (weyeṃ) (nāṃtsu) | (brahmāyu) | (trä)ṅkäṣ äsaṃ nu akṣar |
| 6 | A 273 b6 | (näṣ) ॥ täm kaklyuṣuräṣ | brahmāyu | purohit tsopatsäṃ ynāñmub7(neyo) /// |
| 7 | A 274 a5 | ṣmeñc ॥ smimāṃ akmalyo | brahmāyu | purohit brā – a6 |
| 8 | A 274 b4 | koṃ-ñkät pärkatär ॥ tmäṣ | brahmāyu | purohit okät tmāṃ b5 |
| 9 | A 286 a6 | a6 – täm kaklyuṣurä(ṣ) | (bra)hmāyu | purohit śo – /// |
| 10 | A 299 b8 | b8 /// māṃ akmalyo | brahmāyu | puro(hit) (träṅkä)ṣ peṃ klyomiṃ |


