riṣaki

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Meaning:	“sage”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	rṣāke
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. ṛṣi-
Lexeme variants:	riṣaki
Number:	plural
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

riṣaki

1	A 68 b3	anaprä : pañcābhitñeñ ;	riṣaki	; yeñc-äṃ lkātsi ;
2	A 89 a6	tām pra a6 ///	riṣaki	nu śāpaṣiṃ por tarkar
3	A 97 b4	/// cem vāsiṣṭhenäṣṣ aci	riṣaki	lāntac weñār ॥ deb5(vadattenaṃ)
4	A 98 b5	śwāt ॥ taṃne wkänyo	riṣaki	weñār ta b6 ///
5	A 112 a4	yayāti – – – – – – a4 ///	r(i)ṣaki	ṣeñc kus ne –
6	A 154 b4	· s· : w(e)ñār	riṣaki	; śolis waste ;
7	A 249 b4	; pañcābhib4jñ· ñ ;	riṣaki	: cesmi śkaṃ pukis
8	A 434 b7	b7 ratäk āsuk kälkā-ṃ	riṣaki	/// b8 riṣakiśśi pkaṃ
9	YQ II.15 b5	/// (ner);(vāna)c ytār ;	riṣaki	tāṃ : 1 ॥