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अस्मे

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Pali

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Noun

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अस्मे m

  1. Devanagari script form of asme, which is accusative plural of अस्मन् (asman, stone)

Pronoun

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अस्मे

  1. Devanagari script form of asme (us), which is an accusative plural of अहं (ahaṃ)

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *asmáy.[1]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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अस्मे (asmé)[2][3] (Vedic)

  1. locative/dative/genitive plural of अस्मद् (asmad)
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.66.21:
      अग्ने॒ पव॑स्व॒ स्वपा॑ अ॒स्मे वर्चः॑ सु॒वीर्य॑म् ।
      दध॑द्र॒यिं मयि॒ पोष॑म् ॥
      ágne pávasva svápā asmé várcaḥ suvī́ryam.
      dádhadrayíṃ máyi póṣam.
      Agni, who are the doer of good, pour upon us brightness and fair-offspring; may he make me wealthy and plenty.

References

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  1. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2017–2018), “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The morphology of Indo-Iranian, page 1904
  2. ^ Thomas Burrow (1973), “VI. Numerals, Pronouns, Indeclinables, §2 Pronouns”, in The Sanskrit Language, Third (Indian impression) edition, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publications, published 2001, →ISBN, page 267:An earlier form of the locative, asmé, yuṣmé appears in the Vedic texts, with the peculiarity that it can be used also as dative and genitive.
  3. ^ Wackernagel, Jakob (1896-1964), Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher)‎[1] (in German), Vol. III: Nominalflexion – Zahlwort – Pronomen, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1930, section 233, pages 469-470