wāskāñc

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Meaning:	“laywoman”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	upāsakāñca
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. upāsaka- + -āñc
Lexeme variants:	wāskāñc; vāskāñc
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	feminine

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	wāskāñc	wāskāñcāñ
voc
acc
gen		wāskāñcāśśi
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• wāsak “layman” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	wāsak	wāskāñ
  acc		wāskās
  gen	wāske

  • wāskāñc “laywoman” f

    	sg	pl
    nom	wāskāñc	wāskāñcāñ
    gen		wāskāñcāśśi

Occurrences

vāskāñc

1

A 156 b4

/// b4 /// khā

vāskāñc

kātkmāṃ nāṃtsus ṣñi klośnäṣ

wāskāñc

1	A 153 b1	/// täṃ sām nu	wāskāñc	kaliṅkasparś tsinātsi ṣeṣ säm
2	YQ III.1 b4	wākmatsäṃ : 1 ॥	wāskāñc	träṅkäṣ yneś ñuk ptāñkäb5(t)
3	YQ III.4 a6	moa6(saṃ) /// (smimāṃ) (akma)lyo	wāskāñc	träṅkäṣ hai paṭṭinī kuc
4	YQ III.5 a1	/// (pu)k{†ä} wleṣānt ॥	wāskāñc	träṅkäṣ ceṣ śākkeṣiñi lāñś
5	YQ III.5 a4	ākṣiññam klyomänt āa4(nändānaśśäl) ///	(wāskā)ñc	träṅkäṣ ñuk penu ptāñkät