yākṣi

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Meaning:	A certain kind of spirit/ghost, Yakṣa
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	yakäṣ
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. yakṣa-
Lexeme variants:	yākṣi; yakṣi
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	yākṣe, yakṣa	yakṣī, yākṣi
voc
acc	yakṣaṃ, yākṣeṃ	yākṣeṃ
gen	yakṣentsa	yakṣeṃts, yakṣāts
loc
comit
inst
abl	yakṣenmeṃ	yakṣenmeṃ
perl
all	yākṣeṃśc
caus

Lexeme family

• yākṣe A certain kind of spirit/ghost, Yakṣa m

  	sg	pl
  nom	yākṣe, yakṣa	yakṣī, yākṣi
  acc	yakṣaṃ, yākṣeṃ	yākṣeṃ
  gen	yakṣentsa	yakṣeṃts, yakṣāts
  abl	yakṣenmeṃ	yakṣenmeṃ
  all	yākṣeṃśc

  • yakṣaññe “pertaining to a Yakṣa [demon]”

    	sg.m
    nom	yakṣaññe
    acc	yakṣaññe

  • yakṣeṣṣe “pertaining to a Yakṣa [demon]”

    	sg.m
    nom	yakṣeṣṣe
    acc	yakṣeṣṣe

Occurrences

yakṣi

1	PK NS 83 b1	(r)mare • wrocc· –	yakṣi	katkewñai(sa) – – – – – – nträ – – – – – – –
2	THT 333 b9	ñiś lkātsi känmaskeṃ nāki	yakṣi	preti kumbhāṃṇḍi – – – – –

yākṣi

1	IOL Toch 215 b3	sīt· /// b3 ///	yākṣi	spaktanīki klyentär-me : 6
2	PK AS 15H a6	/// ·āyaṃ • tane	yākṣi	ene /// a7
3	PK NS 161 a5	tsopiyenträ ywārc no ksa	yākṣi	mc(uṣkeṃ) /// a6 ///
4	THT 3 a1	śak kre(nta) (yā)mo(r)nt(a) ;	yākṣi	maiyya kälpāskeṃ ; kauseṃ
5	THT 73 b4	; späntaitsneṣṣi ; nāgi	yākṣi	; b5 gandhārvi :