riyaṃ

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Meaning:	“city”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	rīye
Lexeme variants:	riyaṃ; rīyaṃ; riyann
Number:	singular
Case:	locative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-i
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-iñ

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ri, ri-k	riñ
voc
acc	ri, ri-k	ris
gen	riyis
loc	riyaṃ	risaṃ
comit
inst
abl	riyäṣ	risäṣ
perl	riyā
all	riyac
caus

Lexeme family

• ri “city” f

  	sg	pl
  nom	ri, ri-k	riñ
  acc	ri, ri-k	ris
  gen	riyis
  loc	riyaṃ	risaṃ
  abl	riyäṣ	risäṣ
  perl	riyā
  all	riyac

  • riṃ “belonging to a city”

    	pl.m
    acc	rinäs
    abl	riṃsäṣ

  • riṣi “of a city”

    	sg.m
    nom	riṣi

Occurrences

rīyaṃ

1	A 149 a5	3σ r·o ; tāṣ	rīyaṃ	: ñi wot(ku)rā ;
2	A 149 b5	· k täm pontsāṃ	rīyaṃ	wrasañ träṅkiñc (na)nde nātä
3	A 299 a8	ywārckā parnoreyo yetusāṃ ketumati	rīyaṃ	kärsnāl(y)i /// b1 ///

riyaṃ

1	A 11 a2	abhiṣek yāmäs neṣā-k lāṅk	riyaṃ	laṅkeśvareṃ ñomā lāntune wsā-ṃ
2	A 27 a5	yetwe säm : sudarśaṃ	riy(aṃ)	/// a6 (ñ)äk(ta)śy oki
3	A 63 a3	rakär oplāsyo ; tkaṃ	riyaṃ	ṣiraś ; prasar wräntu
4	A 68 a5	kritānyo nu pontsāṃ saṃsārṣināṃ	riyaṃ	sne täṅklun(e) me(täs) ///
5	A 81 a5	/// (ca)ndālāsā kossi ākmāṃ	riyaṃ	ymāṃ pukaṃ neṣ rake
6	A 81 b5	mā tāk ; tāṣ	riyaṃ	: 1 pä ///
7	A 118 b1	tom b1 /// triś	riyaṃ	supprabuddhes lānt lumbiniy b2
8	A 144 and THT 2485 b5	(nu) (tāpärk) plāc kapilavāstu	riyaṃ	kärsnālyi tmäṣ nand(e) ///
9	A 175 a4	/// a4 /// (kapi)lavāstu	riyaṃ	/// a5 /// täpreṃ
10	A 287 and 259 b7	(dhaniñ) (wireñ) (okāk) (ketumati)	(riyaṃ)	(kori)syo asaṃkhesyo wrasañ kukkuṭapāt
11	A 296 b5	ṣṣäṣ kārpaṣt nātäk tāṣ	riyaṃ	cmo /// b6 paräṃ
12	A 340 a7	ṣñi lyaly(pä)n(tw)ā ; prutkoṣ	riyaṃ	; añcwāṣṣāṃ 80 antuṣ
13	A 340 a8	kälk wäccāṃ ; aa8(ñcwāṣṣāṃ)	(riyaṃ)	; 8σ /// wär
14	A 395 b1	campär pälskānt kupre śrāvasti	riyaṃ	anne ymäs ṣakk atsek
15	THT 1137 a1	/// (tāpā)triśaṃ suda(rśaṃ)	(riyaṃ)	/// a2 /// (ptā)ñkät
16	THT 1542.f a2	– /// a2 ///	riyaṃ	pinwāt ga /// a3
17	THT 1645.l a2	ā /// a2 ///	riyaṃ	brahma /// b1 ///
18	YQ I.8 b5	kälymeb5(yaṃ) /// (tā)m nu	riyaṃ	cakkravartṣi ikṣvākuy sarkäṣ gautam
19	YQ II.7 b5	napeṃnäb5(s) 14σ /// (:)	(ri)yaṃ	ytāraṃ ; ykoṃ oṣeṃ
20	YQ V.1 b4	/// (tā)m nu ketumati	riyaṃ	śodhane /// b5
21	YQ V.1 b5	b5 /// (ke)tumati	riyaṃ	lkāṣ kus ne tmaṃ

riyann

1

A 63 b1

ñäkciyāṃ kube(r) b1 (ñäktes)

(riyann)

(o)ki tsopats kär-paräṃ pākär