dhātu

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Meaning:	“element”; “relic”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	dhātu
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. dhātu-
Lexeme variants:	dhātu
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	dhātu	dhatunma
voc
acc	dhātu	dhatunma
gen		dhatunaṃts
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• dhātu “element” “relic” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	dhātu	dhatunma
  acc	dhātu	dhatunma
  gen		dhatunaṃts

  • dhatuṣṣe “element” “relic”

    	sg.m
    nom	dhatuṣṣe
    acc	dhatuṣṣe

Occurrences

dhātu

1	IOL Toch 187 b1	onolmi skente dhātuvaineyi •	dhātu	kuse ś· /// b2
2	THT 155 a4	/// tunma – – – – – neṣṣe	dhātu	• r(upaṣṣe) (dhā)tu •
3	THT 155 a4	neṣṣe dhātu • r(upaṣṣe)	(dhā)tu	• eśa(ne)ṣṣe pälskoṣṣe dhātu
4	THT 155 a4	(dhā)tu • eśa(ne)ṣṣe pälskoṣṣe	dhātu	(•) klautsaneṣṣe dhātu •
5	THT 155 a4	pälskoṣṣe dhātu (•) klautsaneṣṣe	dhātu	• we /// a5
6	THT 155 a5	/// a5 /// mele(ṃ)ṣṣe	dh(ātu)	(•) (wereṣṣe) (dhā)tu •
7	THT 155 a5	mele(ṃ)ṣṣe dh(ātu) (•) (wereṣṣe)	(dhā)tu	• meleṃṣṣe (pälskoṣṣe) (dhātu)
8	THT 155 a5	(dhā)tu • meleṃṣṣe (pälskoṣṣe)	(dhātu)	(•) (käntwā)ṣṣ(e) dhātu •
9	THT 155 a5	(pälskoṣṣe) (dhātu) (•) (käntwā)ṣṣ(e)	dhātu	• śukeṣṣe dhātu •
10	THT 155 a5	(käntwā)ṣṣ(e) dhātu • śukeṣṣe	dhātu	• kä(ntwā)ṣṣe päl(sk)o ///
11	THT 155 a6	päl(sk)o /// a6 ///	dhātu	• kek(ts)e(ñäṣṣe) (pälsko)ṣṣe dhātu
12	THT 155 a6	dhātu • kek(ts)e(ñäṣṣe) (pälsko)ṣṣe	dhātu	• pä(lskoṣṣe) (dhātu) (•)
13	THT 155 a6	(pälsko)ṣṣe dhātu • pä(lskoṣṣe)	(dhātu)	(•) (pelaikneṣṣe) (dhātu) (•)
14	THT 155 a6	pä(lskoṣṣe) (dhātu) (•) (pelaikneṣṣe)	(dhātu)	(•) palsko päls(k)oṣṣe ///
15	THT 1354.a b3	b3 /// – rūpya	dhātu	·e /// b4 ///
16	THT 1405.c b2	b2 /// ·rä mä	dhātu	ko śne pañca ///
17	THT 3176.a b1	·tä /// b1 ///	dhātu	///