astareṃ

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Meaning:	“pure”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	āṣtär
Lexeme variants:	astareṃ; āstreṃ
Number:	singular
Case:	accusative
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

āstreṃ

1	IOL Toch 281 a1	a1 /// ;	(āst)r(eṃ)	y(ā)mtsi /// a2
2	PK AS 4A a3	palsko ; yātässi ;	āstreṃ	yāmtsi • śīlaṣṣana ;
3	PK AS 5B a3	(śīlaṣṣ=) a3	(āstreṃ)	; (wer)esa ; yaitoṣ
4	PK AS 7L a2	kektseñ reki pälskoṣṣe ;	āstreṃ	(warṣälñe) (wāyatsi) (śman-ne) ;
5	PK AS 7N b7	kek(ts)eñ reki palsko(ṣṣ)e ;	(āstreṃ)	(warṣälñe) wāyatsi śman-ne ;
6	PK AS 13D a7	py(ā)p(y)ai – oko ;	āstre{ṃ}	ne – ·ā –
7	PK NS 27 b4	akālk rmamñe : śī(laṣṣ=)	(āstreṃ)	; (weresa) ; (yaitoṣ)
8	SI P 1 a3	; (pelaikne) (śtwāra-we)r(t)syaṣṣeṃ ;	āstreṃ	ñaktentsa ; wawārpau •
9	SI P 1 b3	bhräṅgār eṅku ; śūkes=	āstreṃ	; īte maittarṣṣe 60-8
10	SI P 2 a1	h(e)tu mānaveṃś ; kauñäktäññ=	āstreṃ	; maṇḍālmeṃ • pākri
11	THT 15 a6	; (kuse) (stmo)ṣ śīln=	āstreṃ	; ṣamāññ(e)ṣṣe ; ṣanmīrñe(ṣṣe)
12	THT 17 a7	; kuse stmoṣ śīln=	āstreṃ	; ṣamāññeṣṣe ; ṣanmīrñeṣṣe
13	THT 28 a1	/// ; n(e)mc(e)k ś(au)l	āstreṃ	: spelke mai tarkacer
14	THT 31 a5	; päa5llāntär krento ;	āstreṃ	śaul ; śayeñcai wnolme
15	THT 32 a3	kalatsi : ñäkcye pilkw	āstreṃ	; erṣträ ṣpä ;
16	THT 42 a4	käṣṣiṃśc{†ä} ; stmau saṃvarn=	āstreṃ	: kartse yolw aiśeñca
17	THT 248 b2	cämpim-cä 3 śtwer śkänmaṣṣ=	āstreṃ	kemeb3(ntsa) ; (yaitoṣ) koīntsa
18	THT 290 a2	a2 kṣäṃ ; yarposa	āstreṃ	3 yarke ṣe yāmi
19	THT 290 a5	/// 9σ 13σ a5	āstreṃ	yarposa ; su paṣṣītär
20	THT 291.a b5	mā lkāṣäṃ 30-5 papāṣṣorñeṣ;ṣe	āstreṃ	; m· /// 7σ
21	THT 313 a3	a3 /// (śīla)ṣṣ=	āstreṃ	; weresa ; yaitoṣ
22	THT 408 b6	laukaññe : pelaikneṣṣe wars=	āstreṃ	kleśanmaṣṣe krāke ceṃts po

astareṃ

1	IOL Toch 43 a1	a1 –	ast(a)reṃ	kätkoṣ śāmñesa • ono(lme)
2	IOL Toch 274 b3	praśastaṃ b· k· ///	(a)b4stareṃ	: su – svā
3	IOL Toch 630 a1	/// – taṃ •	astareṃ	onuwaññe /// a2 ///
4	PK NS 55 b4	erṣai : śīlne stmoṣo	astareṃ	; yolaiññesa prosk= aril(ñ)e
5	SI B 119(1) b5	atmana • lyelyäkormeṃ yāmor	a(stareṃ)	/// b6 cirakṛte
6	SI P 1 b4	; wnolmen okt-yaknes= ;	astareṃ	• nervānäṣṣai kentsa ;
7	SI P 2 a1	a1 ;	(astareṃ)	(warne) (70) h(e)tu mānaveṃś