poyśintse

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Meaning:	“the all-knowing, omniscient [epithet of the Buddha]”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	poyśintse; poyśiṃtse
Number:	singular
Case:	genitive
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-iṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-inta

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	poyśi		poyśinta
voc	poyśi
acc	poyśiṃ		poyśinta
gen	poyśintse
loc
comit	poyśimpa
inst
abl
perl			poyśintasa
all	poyśiṃś, poyśiñäśc
caus

Lexeme family

• poyśi “the all-knowing, omniscient [epithet of the Buddha]”

  	sg.m	pl.m
  nom	poyśi	poyśinta
  voc	poyśi
  acc	poyśiṃ	poyśinta
  gen	poyśintse
  comit	poyśimpa
  perl		poyśintasa
  all	poyśiṃś, poyśiñäśc

  • poyśiññe “pertaining to the Buddha, subst. Buddha-hood”

    	sg.m	pl.m	pl.f
    nom	poyśiññe		poyśiññana
    acc	poyśiññe	poyśiññeṃ	poyśiññana
    abl	poyśiññemeṃ
    perl	poyśiññesa
    all	poyśiññeśc

    • poyśiññeṣṣe “pertaining to buddhahood”

      	sg.m	sg.f
      nom	poyśiññeṣṣe	poyśiññeṣṣa
      voc	poyśiññeṣṣu
      acc	poyśiññeṣṣe

Occurrences

poyśintse

1	IOL Toch 128 a3	20-7 ॥ särwānaṣṣe (maṇḍā)lne	poyśin(ts)e	– ṣaññe (pa)ñäkti –
2	PK AS 5C b4	po preśyaṃne : kuse	poyśintse	; watkäṣlñe ; kektseñ
3	PK AS 6A a6	: kārpa kentsa ;	poyśintse	; wi(nā)ṣṣa-ne ; pai(n)e
4	PK AS 6B a5	prekene nande ñem ;	poyśintse	mātärsa procer : kektsenne
5	PK AS 6B a7	ceu wäntare ṣamāni ;	poyśib1(ntse)	au(r)ts(e)s= ākṣāre : nandeṃ
6	PK AS 6C a1	a1 ;	p(o)yśintse	yke-p(o)stn= akṣāre : nano
7	PK AS 6J b3	/// b3 /// °r{†ä}	p(o)yśintse	aklaṣälye ·säṃ – ///
8	PK AS 7B a3	mant weweñor ste ;	poyśintse	70-6 tumeṃ oṃṣäp no
9	PK AS 7I a2	ñakte ; käṣṣintse ;	poyśints(e)	; pat wināṣlñemeṃ :
10	PK AS 7I b4	kulantse ; āyorsa ;	poyśintse	patne : tu ñke
11	PK AS 16.4.1 b6	b6 /// yarke yāmtsiś	poy(ś)i(ntse)	///
12	PK NS 22 a7	5σ /// ; –	poyśint(s)e	; te ṣ(p) w(ñ)ā(-n)e
13	THT 16 b6	; tsa(ma) yarke ;	poyśintse	: tu yparwe we(ña)
14	THT 18 a2	; tsama yarke ;	po(yśintse)	(:) (tu) (yparwe) (we)ñ(a)
15	THT 18 b8	; śama= nepre ;	poyśintse	: 30-2 /// ///
16	THT 20 a4	/// /// naumyeṣṣai :	poyśintse	yparwe ; tumeṃ satyakī
17	THT 22 a8	; (wa)sa wassi ;	poyśintse	: ponta(ts) (ṣamānets) ;
18	THT 22 a8	; sorro(mp) k(l)āya ;	poyśintse	: kuce ñiś ṣuk-kauntsa
19	THT 44 b7	ceu wäntare po ;	poy(ś)intse	(:) /// b8 ///
20	THT 70.b b2	krakets· /// b2 ///	poyśintse	śikṣapāt /// b3 ///
21	THT 257 a2	lau śāmnāṃts ; kuse	poyśintse	ptänmā ; śariräcce(e) p·
22	THT 293 a3	; mäkte yaitkor ;	poyśintse	10-7 ytāri triśäṃ ;
23	THT 380 a8	॥ olypotsts= amās(k)ai ste	poyśintse	/// b1 – apāyntane
24	THT 388 a2	a2 saryat= ompä ;	poyśintse	; asāṃ spe ;
25	THT 520 b3	rkoy : skā(yo)y{†ä} yänmātsi	poyśintse	pa /// b4 ///
26	THT 1305 b3	b3 /// ña :	poyśintse	cpī su reki empreṃntse
27	THT 2354 b2	pa tne ceu yarkeś	poyś(i)ntse	• co – ///
28	THT 3596 a1	a1 /// mäkcepi	poyśintse	• räddhiṣṣai maiyy(a)sa ka

poyśiṃtse

1	IOL Toch 85 b2	/// (pūd)ñ(ä)kte cok āyorsa	poyśiṃtse	• trai eśaiṃ śpā(lmeṃ)
2	THT 3 a7	ṣmīcer yes ; aa7kṣāre	poyśiṃtse	: palāte-me makā-ykne käṣṣī
3	THT 553 a3	a3 /// – ṅke	poyśi(ṃ)ts(e)	/// a4 /// –
4	THT 2378.r b3	b3 /// ·eṣ saimne	poyśiṃtse	y· /// b4 ///