akāśne

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Meaning:	“sky, air, empty space”; “ether, atmosphere”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ākāś
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. ākāśa- "light, clearness; a free space, vacuity; ether, sky, atmosphere"
Lexeme variants:	akāśne; akaśne
Number:	singular
Case:	locative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	akāśe
voc
acc	akāś
gen	akāśäntse
loc	akāśne
comit
inst
abl
perl
all	akāśäś
caus

Lexeme family

• akāśe “sky, air, empty space” “ether, atmosphere” m

  	sg
  nom	akāśe
  acc	akāś
  gen	akāśäntse
  loc	akāśne
  all	akāśäś

  • akāśäṣṣe “pertaining to the sky, air”

    	sg.m	pl.m
    nom	akāśäṣṣe	akaśäṣṣi
    acc	akāśäṣṣe

Occurrences

akāśne

1	IOL Toch 127 b1	stāmtsa • keṃtsa – – –	(a)kāśne	• b2 iprerne
2	IOL Toch 178 a6	ptāka ॥ tumeṃ uttare	akāś(n)e	(ra)ddhisa śem • agrasthān(n)e
3	PK AS 17A b6	naumiye(nta) (sa)m ysāṣṣe cākkär	akāśne	ynemane orocce wrene wärnāmane
4	PK AS 19.19.X a4	a4 warñai kenaṣṣana kuse	akāśne	ytā(rine) (lä)kle(nta) /// a5
5	PK AS 19.19.Y a2	– ceṃ y· – –	(a)kāśne	/// a3 /// °ntasa
6	PK NS 69 a1	a1 lyāka	akāśne	s· ñ· /// a2
7	SI P 2 b2	(yente)ntse ra ; ymīye	akāśne	70-4 olypotsts= enestai ;
8	THT 34 a1	a1 – – pr·k· mas=	akāśn(e)	– vṛddhisa orne au
9	THT 71 a2	kca klāwästsi pūdñäktäññeṣṣe aurce	akāśne	plyustsi we /// a3
10	THT 178 a4	/// wat no eś(a)t(k)ai	akāśne	eneṅka wäntarwa pälkamñana skente
11	THT 365 a3	; (tsä)ṅkä= rāmtä ;	akāśne	tusa k(akāc)cu ; ply(e)usa
12	THT 597 a5	ai – – – – – – ·i :	akāśne	maś ; mantä ksa

akaśne

1

THT 1859 a1

wärnne ramtä (wai)kaṃ pākr(e)

akaśne

näno ṣe lkaträ –