astare

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Meaning:	“pure”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	āṣtär
Lexeme variants:	astare; āstare; ārstare; āstre; astäre; āstr=

Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	astare	astarya	astari	astarona
voc
acc	astareṃ	astaryai		astarona
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

astare “pure”

sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f

nom astare astarya astari astarona

acc astareṃ astaryai astarona
- astaräññe “purity”
  
  sg
  
  nom astaräññe
  
  acc astaräññe
  
  all astaräññeśc

Occurrences

ārstare

1

pariśuddha āgacchatu ॥ kr_ui

tāa3kaṃ tumeṃ anuśākentse •

astare

1	IOL Toch 85 a5	a5 /// – adhyāśaisa	astare	• poy(ś)iññe perne(ś) ///
2	IOL Toch 121 a1	/// ś(c)onaimeṃ mā takarṣke	astare	– /// a2 ///
3	IOL Toch 144 b5	rekauna 40-3 ket palskw	astare	; amāntatte ; tak(ar)ṣk(e)
4	IOL Toch 558 b3	/// b3 /// ytāri	astare	/// b4 /// l·
5	IOL Toch 579 b4	b4	(a)s(t)are	śaul ś(a)ye(ñc)ai snai ///
6	PK AS 3B b6	b6 °ne	astare	nanāṣṣusa klyiye tkācer wāltsoy
7	PK AS 3B b6	tākoy tesa nāṣṣi ista-k	ast(are)
8	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 b6	(aṣānikeṃts) (y)aitkor wärpab6namar pāsi	astare	paskemar
9	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 b6	(aṣānikeṃts) (y)aitkor wärpab6namar pāsi	astare	paskemar
10	PK NS 27 b2	meñe ra ; yaim	astare	20-3 paikalñesa ; _udakavārg
11	THT 159 a4	e /// a4 ///	astare	mäsk(e)trä mäkte śanmä ///
12	THT 345 a1	a1 /// rñesa	astare	(om)p(a)lskoññesa kätkare aiśamñe ///
13	THT 350 a4	ipreräntse ānte snai tärkarwa	astare	klautka • /// a5
14	THT 549 b5	lyi : maim palsko	astare	yamaṣälle • tesa warñai
15	THT 1115 b1	snai antar{a→ā}y nest •	astare	bhāj(aṃ) star-c • aṣāṃ
16	THT 1544.a a3	/// – śśe mtsa	astare	l· /// b1 ///
17	W 11 b1	(mäścake)ne (se) laiko yetse	as(ta)r(e)	(ya)maṣä(ṃ) ॥ – – – b2
18	W 12 b2	päst (pä)kṣall(e) – – (mäśśa)b2kene	astare	• tumeṃ snai lyotai

āstare

1

/// b5 /// (tu)s=

cwi m·e /// b6

astäre

1	IOL Toch 234 b2	nta tä ka tumeṃ	astäre	wakṣä° /// b3 ///
2	THT 588 b3	– – b3 /// wa	astäre	pannak rano ; śäk
3	THT 1174 b4	b4 /// – rññe	astäre	·e /// b5 ///
4	THT 4066 a3	yā kā /// a3	astäre	/// a4 – d·

āstre

1	IOL Toch 37 b2	añmāla(ṣka) /// b2 (t)s(a)tsaikau	āstre	/// (ani)b3tyātṣe sampāt·e ///
2	M 500.1 a1	śaul śailñe ; tākoy-ñ	āstre	; (täryā-ykne) ; (ce)
3	PK AS 5D a1	; serkenne ; palsko	āstre	; mantanta ; spärkoytär
4	PK AS 5D a6	śaul śailñe ; tākoy-ñ	āstre	; täryā-ykne ; ce
5	PK AS 6C a5	poṣiyantsa ; waa5wārpau papaikau	āstre	: ṣim mā prākre
6	PK AS 7E a3	mäskenträ : snai ruwe	āstre	; āyor se taisa
7	PK AS 7E a3	āyor se taisa ;	āstre	oko ; yänmātsiśco ;
8	THT 14 a4	katkauña ṣp : papāṣṣo(rñ=)	(ā)str(e)	; cwi (paṣṣa)lle ;
9	THT 51 a8	a8 1σ 3σ ///	āstre	; papāb1(ṣṣorñe) ; 3σ
10	THT 51 b2	ytārye b2 1σ ///	āstre	ket tākaṃ b3 1σ
11	THT 290 a4	10σ a4 śikṣapāt akessont	āstre	; kätkoṣ wat yāmtär
12	THT 386 b3	·mṣe /// b3 ///	āstre	; wästoykne • kektseñäṣṣe
13	THT 521 b7	mäskenträ : (sn)ai (ruwe)	(āstre)	; (āyor) (se) (taisa)
14	THT 521 b7	(āyor) (se) (taisa) ;	(āstre)	(oko) ; (yänmātsiśco) ;
15	THT 604 a1	/// ṣä paskāya ;	āstre	yāmtsi ce_u preke śīla
16	THT 3277 b2	/// b2 /// stä	āstre	pelai – /// b3