saṃsār

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Meaning:	“cycle of (re)birth, saṃsāra”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	saṃsār
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. saṃsāra-
Lexeme variants:	saṃsār; saṃsārä
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine_singular
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	saṃsār
voc
acc	saṃsār
gen	saṃsāräntse
loc	saṃsārne
comit	saṃsārmpa
inst
abl	saṃsārmeṃ
perl	saṃsārsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• saṃsār “cycle of (re)birth, saṃsāra” msg

  	sg
  nom	saṃsār
  acc	saṃsār
  gen	saṃsāräntse
  loc	saṃsārne
  comit	saṃsārmpa
  abl	saṃsārmeṃ
  perl	saṃsārsa

  • saṃsārṣṣe “pertaining to the Saṃsāra”

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
    nom	saṃsārṣṣe	saṃsārṣṣa	saṃsārṣṣi	saṃsārṣṣana
    acc	saṃsārṣṣe	saṃsārṣṣai		saṃsārṣṣana
    gen			saṃsārṣṣeṃts

Occurrences

saṃsār

1	IOL Toch 50 a1	a1 °ke prātimokṣa	saṃsār	dhyā° /// a2 tane
2	IOL Toch 213 b1	lpamoṃ läklentasa kättaṅka pālka	saṃsār	– /// b2 ///
3	IOL Toch 213 b6	/// – skeṃ se	saṃsār	ste • aknātsañetse ṣärmameṃ
4	IOL Toch 722 b2	/// b2 /// oko	saṃs(ār)	/// b3 /// ·e
5	THT 46 b3	mā srūko(y) (:) (traidhā)b3tu-k	saṃsār	; tsakṣträ yke postäṃ
6	THT 149 a5	/// a5 skeṃ •	saṃsār{†ä}	ste • aknātsaññentse – –
7	THT 359 a1	ñiś wināskauś – – bodhisātveṃs	saṃsār	anai /// a2 lmene
8	THT 1107 b5	aṅkai(ṃ) skente cmela eṅkaṣeñcana	saṃ (sār)
9	THT 1108		(saṃ)a1sār	tsämṣeñcana poyśi pañikte pa
10	THT 1536.c a5	ka tsi sälymo lkāskau	saṃsār	ca ·ā a6 ///
11	THT 1806 a2	/// a2 /// –	saṃsār	– – /// a3 ///

saṃsārä

1	IOL Toch 57 a3	a3 /// °lo 6	saṃsārä	/// b1 /// –
2	THT 1536.g a2	a2 /// eśnesa po	saṃsārä	ñeñusku o – a3
3	THT 2370.s b2	– /// b2 ///	saṃsārä	///