gaṅgavāluk
| Cite this page as: | "gaṅgavāluk". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?F_B_gaṅgavāluk (accessed 09 Feb. 2026). |
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| Meaning: | “[as numerous as the grains of] sand of the Ganges”; “innumerably” |
| Word class: | adjective |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | gaṅgavāluk |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. gaṅgāvālukā- |
| Lexeme variants: | gaṅgavāluk |
| Number: | singular; plural |
| Case: | nominative; accusative |
| Gender: | masculine; feminine |
Paradigm
| sg.m | sg.f | pl.m | pl.f | du.m | du.f | |
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| nom | gaṅgavāluk | gaṅgavāluk | gaṅgavāluk | gaṅgavāluk | ||
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| acc | gaṅgavāluk | gaṅgavāluk | gaṅgavāluk | gaṅgavāluk | ||
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Lexeme family
- gaṅgavāluk “[as numerous as the grains of] sand of the Ganges”
“innumerably”
sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f nom gaṅgavāluk gaṅgavāluk gaṅgavāluk gaṅgavāluk acc gaṅgavāluk gaṅgavāluk gaṅgavāluk gaṅgavāluk
Occurrences
gaṅgavāluk
| 1 | M 500.1 a4 | ; (ñiññ=) (akālksa) (40) | gaṅgavāluk | ; poyśintaṃts ; śaulanmasa |
| 2 | PK AS 4B a1 | ॥ vilumpagatine ॥ | gaṅgavālu(k) | ; (poyśin)ta(ṃ)ts ; śaulanmasa |
| 3 | PK NS 34 b1 | /// (alyai)k pudñäkti ; | gaṅgavāluk | nauṣaṃñi : läktsauñai(sa) (kekt)s(e)ñṣai |
| 4 | PK NS 130 and 192 a2 | /// ·ñ· /// a2 | gaṅgavālu(k) | (poyśintaṃts) (käryau) (śault)s(a) : |


