rūpadhātu
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| Meaning: | “sphere of form” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | rupadhatu |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. rūpadhātu- |
| Lexeme variants: | rūpadhātu |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | nominative; accusative |
| Gender: | alternating |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -u |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -u |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | rūpadhātu | ||
| voc | |||
| acc | rūpadhātu | ||
| gen | |||
| loc | rūpadhātune | ||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | |||
| perl | |||
| all | |||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- rūpadhātu “sphere of form”
n
sg nom rūpadhātu acc rūpadhātu loc rūpadhātune - rūpadhātuṣṣe “pertaining to the sphere of form”
sg.m pl.m nom rūpadhātuṣṣe rūpadhātuṣṣi acc rūpadhātuṣṣe
- rūpadhātuṣṣe “pertaining to the sphere of form”
Occurrences
rūpadhātu
| 1 | PK NS 19 b1 | – – – – – – (tä)ṅw(a)ññe duṣitabhav(aṃ) ñ(ä)kc(i)y(e) | rū(padhātu) | b2 /// °r(ñ)e āśne |
| 2 | THT 172 b6 | no arth /// b6 | rūpadhātu | ālambaṃ ste • gandharasopavicāränta |


