karuṃ

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Meaning:	“compassion, pity”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kāruṃ
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. karuṇā-
Lexeme variants:	karuṃ; karuno; karuṇ
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine_singular
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	karuṃ
voc
acc	karuṃ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl	karuṃtsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• karuṃ “compassion, pity” msg

  	sg
  nom	karuṃ
  acc	karuṃ
  perl	karuṃtsa

  • karuṇäṣṣe “pertaining to compassion, pity”

    	sg.m
    nom	karuṇäṣṣe
    acc	karuṇäṣṣe

Occurrences

karuṃ

1	IOL Toch 3 a4	(॥) /// – kau	karuṃ	cwī : ceṃts läklentaṣṣe
2	IOL Toch 183 a4	/// a4 /// °stak	karuṃ	ste • tumeṃ krätātñe
3	IOL Toch 254 a5	padārth /// a5 ///	(ka)ruṃ	• karuṇäntse ṣañe· ///
4	IOL Toch 254 b1	ṣañe· /// b1 ///	(ka)ruṃ	arhanteṃñe prattika /// b2
5	PK AS 15C a6	yaśodhara(v)ilāpne ॥ yāmor-ñäkte snai	kaa7(ruṃ)	/// °m nākeṃts säsweṃ
6	PK AS 16.7 a5	pātraisa osta-ost yaskaskemar kete	karuṃ	tsāṅkaṃ sū śwātsi aiṣa-ñ
7	PK AS 17B a5	ārttau sū ; a5	karuṃ	ñemtsa śauśalle ; posa
8	PK NS 158 b3	k ce wentsi :	karuṃ	/// b4 lykaśke po
9	THT 226 b1	āñmalaṣl(ñ)esa wäl(k)e b1 ///	karuṃ	ceu orocce täñ kucesa
10	THT 239 a6	nta kca cärkā-c mā	karuṃ	pal(sk)o /// a7 ///
11	THT 362 b4	cämpamñecceṃ snai saimaceṃnne snai	karuṃ	/// b5 nne nemce
12	THT 591 b6	(k)ete no ṣletkäṃ ;	karu(ṃ)	aiśamñe ; asaṃkhyainta ;
13	THT 1449.e b2	/// m· rsa nek	karuṃ	aurce : 10-1 ///
14	THT 1620.c b3	/// b3 /// –	karuṃ	auṣu /// b4 ///
15	THT 1680 b3	·s· ṣai se snai	karuṃ	wnol·e se cisa maiyya
16	THT 2639 a3	·pa ke ne ·tsä	karuṃ	e – /// a4
17	THT 3159 b3	ṣṣäṃ /// b3 ///	karuṃ	– ///
18	THT 3596 b1	• 10-1 persar ñakta	karuṃ	jaṃbu /// b2 ///
19	THT 3597 a6	säsuwane ; ṣārkate-c ;	ka(ruṃ)	(au)rtstse : 2 empea7(le)
20	THT 3597 b2	; carkā-c mā ;	karuṃ	pal(sko) – – 2σ ṣana
21	THT 3597 b5	mā ṣp maukāsta :	karuṃ	palsko te-yknesā lwāññe rupne

karuṇ

1

THT 133 a3

yessäṃ ; ceu ṣäp

karuṇ

; orocce : (ma)ssā

karuno

1

THT 333 b7

eru ñiś neseu maiträ

karuno

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