saṃsār

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Meaning:	“cycle of (re)birth, saṃsāra”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	saṃsār
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. saṃsāra-
Lexeme variants:	saṃsār
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	saṃsār
voc
acc	saṃsār
gen	saṃsāris
loc	saṃsāraṃ
comit
inst
abl	saṃsāräṣ
perl
all	saṃsārā
caus

Lexeme family

• saṃsār “cycle of (re)birth, saṃsāra” m

  	sg
  nom	saṃsār
  acc	saṃsār
  gen	saṃsāris
  loc	saṃsāraṃ
  abl	saṃsāräṣ
  all	saṃsārā

  • saṃsārṣi “pertaining to saṃsāra”

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
    nom	saṃsārṣi		saṃsārṣiñi
    acc	saṃsārṣiṃ, saṃsārṣi	saṃsārṣināṃ	saṃsārṣinäs	saṃsārṣinās

Occurrences

saṃsār

1	A 1 b6	; sāmuddrä : traidhātuk	saṃs(ār)	; (tsra) (ṣṣuneyo)
2	A 25 b3	– – – 2σ rk ;	saṃsār	säs : yneśiṃ nasläṃ
3	A 33 a6	॥ apratitulyenaṃ ॥ puk	sa(ṃsār)	/// b1 tik :
4	A 61 b1	yāmluneyo wkäṃ pe säs	saṃsār	puk lotksā a – – –
5	A 320 a6	pe māka nākm(ats) ;	saṃsār	säs ṣokyo nu ;
6	A 391 b4	12σ 7σ /// ṣ	saṃsār	; yiṣ nervāṃ :
7	THT 1152 a8	r – /// (äṃ)a8tāne	saṃsā(r)	– /// b1 – – – – –
8	THT 1475.a a3	/// – dyi :	saṃsār	– – /// a4 ///
9	YQ I.2 a7	tñ= āklässi : traidhātuk	saṃsār	; puk tñy ā°
10	YQ II.7 b1	cwaśśäl ṣyak : kärsimäs	saṃsār	; tsälpimäs puk ;