yakṣaṃ

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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:	yakṣaṃ
Number:	singular
Case:	accusative
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

yakṣaṃ

1	PK LC 20 a2	(ai)śai pyāmtsar । ceṃ	yakṣaṃ	ete mā tä(r)k(ana)tt sraukaṃ
2	THT 99 b4	pärmaṅkä(c)ce pilkosa wawākaṣ eresa	yakṣaṃ	lkāskemane weṣṣäṃ päklyauṣ snai
3	THT 101 a1	akālkäcce pilkosa snai ptsak	yakṣaṃ	lk(ā)skema(ne) /// a2 ///