rṣākeṃts

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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:	rṣākeṃts; rṣakets; rṣākeṃtsä
Number:	plural
Case:	genitive
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
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

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

rṣakets

1

THT 241 a2

lo lmoṣ ci ;

rṣa{†r}kets

lant ñaś ; winaskau

rṣākeṃtsä

1

PK AS 7C b1

po;sa śpālmeṃ : walo

rṣākeṃtsä

; täṅwaññeñca ; po

rṣākeṃts

1	IOL Toch 307 a6	; po wnoa6l(me)nn(e) :	rṣākeṃts	lānte ; śeśśarsoṣ ;
2	M 500.1 b2	; pletkar-c ysāra 40-2	rṣākeṃts	lānte ; kreñcepi ;
3	PK AS 5B b3	; klyomñai ytāri :	rṣākeṃts	lānte ; peṣpirttu ;
4	PK AS 12C a4	brahmaṇe weṣṣäṃ • nauṣäññeṃ	rṣākeṃts	poñä śastäa5(rnma) /// (pklyauṣä)s
5	PK NS 24 a1	; klyomñai ytāri :	rṣākeṃts	lānte peṣpirttu ; pelaikn(e)ṣṣ(e)
6	PK NS 28 a5	; po wnolmeṃne :	rṣā(keṃts)	(lānte) ; (śeśśarsoṣ) ;