wāskāñcāñ
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| Meaning: | “laywoman” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | upāsakāñca |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. upāsaka- + -āñc |
| Lexeme variants: | wāskāñcāñ |
| Number: | plural |
| 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
- wāskāñc “laywoman”
f
Occurrences
wāskāñcāñ
| 1 | A 312 a6 | viśākhāṃ • sujātānäṣṣ acci | wāskā(ñcā)a7ñ | yeñc puraṇeṃ maskarinäṣṣ aci |
| 2 | YQ III.1 a4 | aśśi tāpärk mahānāa4(me) /// | (wās)k(ā)ñcāñ | wyāräs wināseñc acle pälkoräṣ |


