aṣāṃ

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Meaning:	“worthy”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	āṣāṃ
Lexeme variants:	aṣāṃ; aṣan; āṣāṃ; aṣṣāṃ; āṣṣāṃ; =ṣāṃ
Number:	singular; plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine; feminine

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	aṣāṃ	aṣāṃ	aṣāṃ	aṣāṃ
voc
acc	aṣāṃ	aṣāṃ	aṣāṃ	aṣāṃ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• aṣāṃ “worthy”

  	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
  nom	aṣāṃ	aṣāṃ	aṣāṃ	aṣāṃ
  acc	aṣāṃ	aṣāṃ	aṣāṃ	aṣāṃ

  • aṣanīke “worthy (one), Arhat [epithet of a Buddha]” m

    	sg	pl
    nom	aṣanīke
    voc	aṣanīka
    gen	aṣanīkentse	aṣanīkeṃts
    perl	aṣanīkeṃntsa
    all		aṣanīkeṃśc

Occurrences

aṣṣāṃ

1	IOL Toch 24 b3	3σ /// kuse mā	aṣṣāṃ	; sāṅkämpa ; nessi
2	THT 1468 b1	swe – – l· •	aṣṣāṃ	cai kre y· ·to

āṣṣāṃ

1

IOL Toch 120 a2

/// s· samp m=

āṣṣāṃ

yatsi /// a3 ///

āṣāṃ

1

PK AS 16.2 a1

ñä(kteṃ) (ś)āmnaṃts ; (yär)k(e)nts=

(ā)ṣā(ṃ)

cai : pelaikn(e)ṣṣe ;

aṣāṃ

1	He 1 and 2 a6	; a6 culñe	aṣā{ṃ}	; (9) mant t(we)
2	IOL Toch 119 a6	/// a6 /// ·s·	aṣāṃ	onol·· /// a7 ///
3	IOL Toch 131 b1	weñāre mā śakkeññi ṣamāñi	aṣāṃ	skente mäntrākka b2 ///
4	IOL Toch 281 a2	a2 /// ;	aṣāṃ	aitsi : mā(rgavārgṣe) ///
5	PK AS 4A a4	śaiṣentso ; tarnene ;	aṣāṃ	aitsi : mārgavārgṣe ;
6	PK AS 16.2 a2	posa te nauṣ yärkentse	aṣāṃ	takāre ॥ tumeṃ mant
7	PK AS 17E a6	weṣṣäṃ ॥ ratik(ā)mne ॥	aṣāṃ	(ś)ai(ṣṣ)e ; (puwa)b1()r{†ä} (wa)r{†ä}
8	PK NS 13 and 516 b1	b1 /// °n(t)se	aṣāṃ	• anicchantikām api •
9	PK NS 28 b6	(śaiṣentso) ; (ta)rnene ;	aṣāṃ	aitsi : mārgavārgṣe ;
10	PK NS 44 b3	weñāre mā śakkeñi ṣamāni	aṣāṃ	skente mäntrākka wäntare yāmtsi
11	THT 241 a5	śaumo : späntaitsñentäts ;	aṣāṃ	po ; ci wia6(nask)au
12	THT 405 a2	weña saim-wäste =traikatte ptantse	aṣāṃ	star • poy(ś)i ///
13	THT 515 b7	rano ṣṣe wes mā	a(ṣā)ṃ	/// b8 /// mai
14	THT 1114 a1	mā	aṣāṃ	cai tane ostameṃ lateṃ
15	THT 1114 b2	mā kekenu • sū	aṣāṃ	mäsketrä po(y)ś(iṃ) pañäktentse pelaikneṣṣepi
16	THT 1115 b1	astare bhāj(aṃ) star-c •	aṣāṃ	nest prātimokṣäṣṣepi śub2kentse śmoñña
17	THT 1115 b2	śub2kentse śmoñña nessi •	aṣāṃ	nest poyśi pañaktentse •
18	U 100 b1	t(arnes=) (āss)i ; culñe	aṣāṃ	; tüz töpüte tutqal(ı)
19	U 101 b1	tarnene ; b1 yuwässi	aṣāṃ	; (baš) (tüz) (töpüle)rinte

=ṣāṃ

1

THT 92 b2

(pos)taññe ; ñem mā

=ṣāṃ

ste ; kākatsi (kärsto)ṣ

aṣan

1

THT 1286 a4

a4 /// – :

aṣan

no tuwe tsmet(a)r ///