riṣak

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Meaning:	“sage”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	rṣāke
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. ṛṣi-
Lexeme variants:	riṣak; riṣakk
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	riṣak	riṣaki
voc
acc	riṣakäṃ
gen	riṣakyāp	riṣakäśśi
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl		riṣaksā
all	riṣaknac
caus

Lexeme family

• riṣak “sage” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	riṣak	riṣaki
  acc	riṣakäṃ
  gen	riṣakyāp	riṣakäśśi
  perl		riṣaksā
  all	riṣaknac

  • riṣakune “status of sage, sanctity” n

    	sg
    nom	riṣakune
    acc	riṣakune

  • riṣakeṃ “of a sage”

    	sg.m
    nom	riṣakeṃ
    acc	riṣakeṃ

Occurrences

riṣakk

1

A 77 b5

knānmuneyo ; āṣträṃnyo ;

r(i)ṣakk

oki : a b6

riṣak

1	A 95 a5	॥ ānä(nda)rśnaṃ ॥ āknats	riṣak	tu ; täm mā
2	A 95 b4	ārtat ॥ tmäṣ nārade	riṣak	weñānn anac b5 ///
3	A 101 a2	pälkäs(s)i kuyalte gautam ñomā	riṣaa3(k)	/// waṣtäṣ läc wärt
4	A 110 a3	/// (ṣurma)ṣ ; säm	riṣak	; pläśluneyo ; kakuru
5	A 110 b4	/// (ylā)r penu säm	riṣak	ṣeṣ marmas tsinātsi nu
6	A 112 b2	/// la gau – – – –	riṣak	ṣeṣ sarka – – – – – b3
7	A 119 b3	ñ· – ·ṣ· hārite	riṣak	nāṃtsu naṣ ॥ b4
8	A 119 b5	10σ /// nt tāk	riṣak	– m – – (ā)māśāñ
9	A 120 b4	b4 /// (pra)ṣtaṃ hārite	riṣak	ṣeṣ säm tāpärk nande
10	A 135 a3	/// a3 /// ks·	riṣak	se /// a4 ///
11	A 147 a6	śäm(lu)ne – – – – – – a6 – – – –	riṣak	sākät l··o wärpnātär tmäṣ
12	A 147 b2	äntanne ne säm hārite	riṣak	ṣeṣ tämne kälk es
13	A 147 b6	ly(m)ā-ṃ • ॥ tmäṣ	riṣak	praṅk sākät{†ä} lmoräṣ śla
14	A 188 b6	m·· ·penu : säs	riṣak	ṣeṣ ///
15	A 189 b1	/// b1 ṣ säm	riṣak	·mä ·k· /// b2
16	A 196 b2	b2 ts tampe säm	riṣa(k)	··y· /// b3 – –
17	A 353 b5	ṣ : tämne-k ṣukṣaṣ	ri{ṣa}k	kälkiṣ : 4 :
18	THT 1375.b a2	a2 /// ·m· ॥	riṣak	/// a3 /// –