cakravārt
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| Meaning: | “world ruler, cakravartin [= the ideal ruler]” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. cakravartin- |
| Lexeme variants: | cakravārt |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | nominative; accusative |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -Ø |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -Ø |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
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| nom | cakravārt | ||
| voc | |||
| acc | cakravārt | ||
| gen | |||
| loc | |||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | |||
| perl | |||
| all | |||
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Lexeme family
- cakravārt “world ruler, cakravartin [= the ideal ruler]”
m
sg nom cakravārt acc cakravārt - cakravārtti “world ruler”
m
sg pl nom cakravārtti gen cakravārttintants - cakravārttiññe “rulership over the world”
“(adj.) prtng to world-rulership”
sg nom cakravārttiññe
- cakravārttiññe “rulership over the world”
“(adj.) prtng to world-rulership”
- cakravārtti “world ruler”
m
Occurrences
cakravārt
| 1 | THT 37 a8 | cai ; ista-k tāka | cakra(vārt) | 40-4 /// b1 ·s· |
| 2 | THT 76 b4 | ; walo lkātär ; | cakravārt | : – /// 25σ |
| 3 | THT 571 a3 | 30-2 /// 2σ /// | (cakra)vārt | walo tākaṃ śtwerä śaiṣṣents |
