pissaṅkac

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Meaning:	“community of monks”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. bhikṣusaṁgha-
Lexeme variants:	pissaṅkac
Number:	singular
Case:	allative
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

pissaṅkac

1	A 446 a5	ka /// a5 ///	p(issa)ṅkac	el esam ॥ ptāñkät
2	YQ III.6 b3	säs kanak kupre ne	pissaṅkac	wawu tā(ṣ) b4
3	YQ III.6 b6	• gautamiṃ lātsac träṅkäṣ	pissaṅkac	gautami caṃ kab7(nak) ///
4	YQ III.7 a3	tuṅk pälkoa3(räṣ) /// ॥	pissaṅkac	paṣ ; gautami ;
5	YQ III.7 a3	paṣ ; gautami ;	pissaṅkac	; esmāṃ tñi kanak
6	YQ III.7 a4	kri tāṣ gautami :	pia5(ssaṅkac)	9σ /// – tsopatsäṃ
7	YQ III.7 b2	• b2 ///	p(i)ssaṅkac	elyi ṣeṣ kuc prakṣäl
8	YQ III.7 b3	trityo b3 /// (gau)t(a)mi	pissaṅkac	esmāṃ tñi näṣ penu
9	YQ III.10 b2	10σ /// tāṣṣ āṣānik	pissaṅkac	el esam ॥ ptāñkät