CEToM | yākṣi

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
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

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

	sg.m
nom	yakṣaññe
acc	yakṣaññe

	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 :

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