aṣanīka
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| Meaning: | “worthy (one), Arhat [epithet of a Buddha]” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | āṣānik |
| Lexeme variants: | aṣanīka; aṣañika |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | vocative |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -e |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -eṃ |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | -añ |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | aṣanīke | ||
| voc | aṣanīka | ||
| acc | |||
| gen | aṣanīkentse | aṣanīkeṃts | |
| loc | |||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | |||
| perl | aṣanīkeṃntsa | ||
| all | aṣanīkeṃśc | ||
| 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
- aṣanīke “worthy (one), Arhat [epithet of a Buddha]”
m
Occurrences
aṣañika
| 1 | THT 107 b9 | toy b9 weñāre | aṣañika | rerinu star-me : oṅkorño |
| 2 | THT 369 a5 | a5 /// weñā-ne ce | aṣañika | purpar ñake tsetse(koṣ) śiktālyemeṃ |
aṣanīka
| 1 | IOL Toch 626 b1 | ñi /// b1 /// | (a)ṣanīka | • pa – /// |
| 2 | PK AS 17H a2 | nu ; (k)l(āwä)a2ṣṣeñcai pälskontse | aṣanīk(a) | po skwanmaṃts ; pklyauṣ |
| 3 | PK NS 48 and 258 a2 | ñäṣṣalle kuce klautkesa twe | aṣanīka | sawāsaṃ (po) y(olai)ñenta(nts) a3 |
| 4 | THT 353 a2 | /// ॥ mcuṣke weṣṣäṃ | aṣanīka | /// a3 /// : |
| 5 | THT 1513 b2 | b2 /// (śāri)putreṃś weña | aṣanīka | kā ṣeski śke b3 |


