astarya

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Meaning:	“pure”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	āṣtär
Lexeme variants:	astarya; astäryā
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	feminine
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

astäryā

1

PK AS 12C b2

– – – – ; – – – – ;

(a)stäryā

pällentäṣṣepi ; läkutsewñaiśc ;

astarya

1	IOL Toch 29 a2	a2 /// °nte ista-k	astarya	a3 /// akalṣälle olyapo
2	PK NS 163 b2	b2 /// (am)āskai wārwausa	as(tarya)	/// b3 /// (wi)kātär-c
3	SI P 1 b2	po ; kektseñe lalaṃṣk=	astarya	; poyśiññeṣṣ= aurtsa ;
4	THT 291.a b4	(pe)b4laikneṣṣa ; k(ek)ts(eñe) ;	astarya	; cpi lkāṣäl(ya) ṣai
5	THT 591 a2	; snai miyaṣñe ;	astarya	: śuddhavāsnttäne ; kosä