pissaṅk

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Meaning:	“community of monks”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. bhikṣusaṁgha-
Lexeme variants:	pissaṅk
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	pissaṅk	pissaṅkäntu	pissaṅkäṃtwe
voc
acc	pissaṅk
gen	pissaṅkis
loc	pissaṅkaṃ
comit
inst
abl			pissaṅkäṃtwenäṣ
perl
all	pissaṅkac
caus

Lexeme family

• pissaṅk “community of monks” n

  	sg	pl	du
  nom	pissaṅk	pissaṅkäntu	pissaṅkäṃtwe
  acc	pissaṅk
  gen	pissaṅkis
  loc	pissaṅkaṃ
  abl			pissaṅkäṃtwenäṣ
  all	pissaṅkac

  • pissaṅkṣi “of a community of monks”

    	sg.m
    nom	pissaṅkṣi
    acc	pissaṅkṣiṃ

Occurrences

pissaṅk

1	A 35 b4	(dhṛ)b4dhirāṣṭre kakmu tā(ṣ) ///	(pi)b5ssaṅk	lkātsi : 1 kupren(e)
2	A 428 a5	/// a5 ///	pissaṅk	nu ca – ///
3	THT 4023 a1	a1 /// śilacandre porocineṃ	pissaṅk	a2 /// (ka)pyārac wram
4	YQ III.6 b7	gautami caṃ kab7(nak) ///	(pi)ssaṅk	penu yärkā yāmu tāś-śi
5	YQ III.7 a4	– tāṣ : śla	pissaṅk	näṣ ; yärkässi ;
6	YQ III.7 b3	penu yärkā yāmu tām	pissaṅk	peb4(nu) /// l nāṃtsus
7	YQ III.8 b1	kanakṣi ñemi pissaṅkib1(s) ///	p(i)ssaṅk	penu ॥ ṣpät toṣ
8	YQ III.9 a3	; läñcluneyum ; klyom	pissaṅk	: puk kāswoneytu ;
9	YQ III.10 b1	et ; gautami :	pissaṅk	b2 10σ ///
10	YQ III.10 b3	käṣṣi ānäntāṃ b3 ///	(pi)ssaṅk	kākropu tāṣ tmaṃ tu
11	YQ III.10 b5	(tā)keñc säm tṣaṃ ysomo	pissaṅk	träṅktär kucc aśśi nu
12	YQ III.11 a8	praṣṭaṃ ñī ; puk	pissab1(ṅk)	; 7σ 10σ ///
13	YQ III.11 b2	kāsu kāsu dānapati wärpāc-ci	pissaṅk	sākät lmoryo b3