wāskās
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| Meaning: | “layman” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | upāsake |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. upāsaka- |
| Lexeme variants: | wāskās |
| Number: | plural |
| Case: | accusative |
| Gender: | masculine |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | wāsak | wāskāñ | |
| voc | |||
| acc | wāskās | ||
| gen | wāske | ||
| 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
wāskās
| 1 | A 269 and 290 b8 | /// (ā)b8p(ṣ)ātrikās (pa)rnaṃ śaś(mu)räṣ | (wāskās) | (yāmtsāt-äm) (ā)rśo penu senā(yanagrām) |
| 2 | A 336 b1 | kuc ne ṣāmnās a(ś)ś(ā)s | wāskās | wāskāñcāśśi /// b2 /// |


