rṣāke

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Meaning:	“sage, Ṛṣi”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	riṣak
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. from Skt. ṛṣi-
Lexeme variants:	rṣāke
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	rṣāke	rṣāki
voc	rṣāka
acc	rṣākeṃ
gen	rṣākentse	rṣākeṃts
loc		rṣākeṃne
comit	rṣākeṃmpa
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Lexeme family

• rṣāke “sage, Ṛṣi” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	rṣāke	rṣāki
  voc	rṣāka
  acc	rṣākeṃ
  gen	rṣākentse	rṣākeṃts
  loc		rṣākeṃne
  comit	rṣākeṃmpa

  • rṣākäññe “pertaining to a sage, riṣi”

    	sg.m
    nom	rṣākäññe
    acc	rṣākäññe

  • rṣakāñca “female sage” f

    	sg
    nom	rṣakāñca

Occurrences

rṣāke

1	IOL Toch 21 a1	a1 /// s(r)ukau udrake	rṣāke	o /// a2 ///
2	IOL Toch 389 a1	a1 /// °ṣṣäṃ sam	rṣāk(e)	: l(ak)l(e) /// a2
3	IOL Toch 786 b3	/// b3 /// wake	rṣ()ā(ke)	/// b4 /// ·e
4	Km-034-ZS-R-01 a8	wsā-ne ॥ a8	rṣāke	ṣait kauṇḍinyentse w(i)-paine-wṣeñai wsāsta
5	Km-034-ZS-R-01 a10	kālśke ṣait ॥ a10	rṣāke	ṣait sudarśaneṃ pañäkte wrantsai
6	Km-034-ZS-R-01 a11	lac ॥ a11 nano	rṣāke	ṣait sunetri wartone yarke
7	Km-034-ZS-R-1.08 a1	a1	rṣāke	ṣait kauṇḍinyentse w(i) paine
8	Km-034-ZS-R-1.10 a1	a1	rṣāke	ṣait sudarśaneṃ pañäkte wrantsai
9	Km-034-ZS-R-1.11 a1	a1 nano	rṣāke	ṣait sunetri wartone yarke
10	Kz-039-ZS-R-01 a1	tseṅketar lare warpitar	rṣāke	kalyanak(e) päs masa tutse
11	PK AS 13D a1	a1 /// ॥	rṣāke	(we)ṣṣäṃ ॥ rīñäkte(ne) ॥
12	PK AS 13D a6	ṣpä a6 ///	(r)ṣ(ā)k(e)	(weṣṣäṃ) (॥) meñameṃne ॥
13	PK NS 40 a3	/// a3 /// (ekaśri)ṅke	rṣāke	śāntai mcuṣkaimpa ṣesa au{n}tsate
14	PK NS 40 a4	/// sainaṣṣīträ ṣpīkaisa ekaśriṅke	rṣāke	su • karāśäṣṣai (olyine)
15	THT 12 a3	ñem su ; wrotse	rṣāke	10-8 anaikte alokälymi ;
16	THT 13 a8	yāmor(nta) /// a8 ///	rṣāke	śakkeññe – /// b1
17	THT 25 a8	/// aikre ; wrotse	rṣāke	; pal(skatsy) ontsate 60-1
18	THT 29 a3	aittaṅka : mäktāu yonma;sa	rṣāke	; śakkeññe ; kakraupau
19	THT 30 b3	/// t· ; śakk(e)ññe	rṣāke	: ceu sklok pkāte
20	THT 107 a6	• pilycalñene lalālu laukito	rṣāke	tākaṃ rṣākeṃne śpālmeṃ cwi
21	THT 107 a9	ṣerpsa-me weñā-meś ṣerśkana sam	rṣāke	ñissa śpāa10lmeṃ ste •
22	THT 107 a10	twe ke śpālmeṃ ;	rṣāke	nes : wesäṃne palsko
23	THT 107 b1	: se ñisa śpālmeṃ	rṣāke	tākaṃ cwi aiścer epe
24	THT 107 b3	wesi pokses posa śpālmeṃ	rṣāke	intsu ste cwi ka
25	THT 107 b5	nandābalaiś weñāre • sam	rṣāke	posa śpālmeṃ ste •
26	THT 345 b5	/// säṃ ceynasa •	rṣā(ke)	(we)ṣṣäṃ • päklyoṣ lantuññeṣṣu
27	THT 350 b3	käryortaññene ॥ nesäṃ tne	rṣāke	kauśikäññe gottarmeṃ : so(y)
28	THT 351 b2	/// s· ṣṭhi nesäṃ	rṣāke	wro(tse) (mai)yya /// b3
29	THT 353 b3	: 1 ॥ tumeṃ	rṣāke	mäñcu /// b4 ///
30	THT 360 b4	/// m· ompalsko sū	rṣāke	: caṃkramit b5 ///
31	THT 363 a7	/// a7 śwāt ॥	rṣāke	weṣṣäṃ okonta wi ///
32	THT 543 b4	muni • abhijñänta kärsau	rṣāke	• cittaṃ vimu ///
33	THT 1379.e b2	/// b2 /// –	rṣāke	weṣṣäṃ kauṃ /// b3
34	THT 1546.a b2	– ·m· ompalsko sū	rṣāke	• caṃ kramit b3
35	THT 1547.a b1	ṣpä rṣākeṃ wināskeṃ •	rṣā(ke)	/// b2 ///
36	THT 1573.a b1	/// – mu yakṣantse	rṣ(ā)k(e)	(10-)3 y(ā)tk(a) su rṣāke
37	THT 1573.a b1	rṣ(ā)k(e) (10-)3 y(ā)tk(a) su	rṣāke	wnolmeṃ kraupatsi – ///
38	THT 1714 a2	a1 – – – /// a2	rṣāke	ne – /// a3
39	THT 3042 b1	k· m· yaṃ k·	rṣāke	– /// b2 ///
40	THT 3186 a2	/// a2 sa ñakcyīye	rṣāke	– – – – /// a3 hū