riṣaknac

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Meaning:	“sage”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	rṣāke
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. ṛṣi-
Lexeme variants:	riṣaknac
Number:	singular
Case:	allative
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

riṣaknac

1	A 89 b2	k{†ä} lāntune cärk vāsiṣṭheṃ	riṣaknac	waṣtäṣ läc ri b3
2	A 111 b1	/// (r)iyäṣ läc vyāse	riṣaknac	yeṣ śl= āmā(śās) b2
3	A 147 b3	śla ynāñmune śino ymāṃ	riṣa(knac)	k(ā)ts(e) yeṣ pälkāt ri(ṣakäṃ)