aṣanīke

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Meaning:	“worthy (one), Arhat [epithet of a Buddha]”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	āṣānik
Lexeme variants:	aṣanīke; aṣañike; aṣanike
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
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

Occurrences

aṣañike

1	THT 107 b8	• 1 ॥ wärpāte	aṣañike	bodhisatve nāndai nandābalaimeṃ oṅkorñai
2	THT 107 b9	ekalymi tākaṃ • tumeṃ	aṣañike	bodhisatve tāu oṅkarñai eneppre
3	THT 112 a2	: 1 ॥ śarsa	aṣañik(e)	/// a3 /// ssu

aṣanike

1	IOL Toch 139 b4	/// b4 /// p·	aṣanike	sāṅkä ñiś dharmaśreṣṭi ṣamāne
2	IOL Toch 219 a2	/// °kāsta • tusāksa	aṣan(ike)	a3 /// °śä träṅkontasa
3	PK AS 13K.1 a2	/// a2 /// –	aṣanike	/// a3 /// °säṃ
4	PK AS 13K.2 b3	/// b3 /// °m(a)ne	aṣanik(e)	/// b4 /// °lā

aṣanīke

1	IOL Toch 86 b4	v· śänmalñesa kāśyapi ///	(a)b5ṣanīke	nesau • ॥ te
2	IOL Toch 97 a6	a6 – – – /// –	aṣanīke	vītaśoke auntsat(e) /// a7
3	IOL Toch 97 b5	b5 kameṃ inte sū	aṣanīke	vītaśo(ke) /// b6 – – – –
4	THT 1114 b4	yäknesa poñ ॥ klyauṣi	aṣ(an)ī(k)e	sā(ṅk) se yaśakāme yaśentse
5	THT 1680 b5	·u· /// b5 ///	aṣanīke	makāykne cau pelaikne sa
6	THT 1681 a1	pälskanamane pradyote lānte tkelñe	aṣanīk(e)	/// a2 mai ñake
7	THT 1681 a3	we /// a3 ne	aṣanīke	upādhyāye wrantsai – – – ///
8	THT 3011 a2	nm· /// a2 ///	aṣanīke	– /// a3 ///