abhiseka

English

Noun

abhiseka (plural abhisekas)

1. Alternative spelling of abhisheka

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀪𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• अभिसेक (Devanagari script)
• অভিসেক (Bengali script)
• අභිසෙක (Sinhalese script)
• အဘိသေက or ဢꧤိသေၵ (Burmese script)
• อภิเสก or อะภิเสกะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨽᩥᩈᩮᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຠິເສກ or ອະຠິເສກະ (Lao script)
• អភិសេក (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄞𑄨𑄥𑄬𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká). By surface analysis, abhi- +‎ seka. Cognate with Prakrit 𑀅𑀪𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀅 (abhisea).

Noun

abhiseka m

1. anointing, consecration, inauguration

Declension

Declension table of "abhiseka" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	abhiseko	abhisekā
Accusative (second)	abhisekaṃ	abhiseke
Instrumental (third)	abhisekena	abhisekehi or abhisekebhi
Dative (fourth)	abhisekassa or abhisekāya or abhisekatthaṃ	abhisekānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	abhisekasmā or abhisekamhā or abhisekā	abhisekehi or abhisekebhi
Genitive (sixth)	abhisekassa	abhisekānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	abhisekasmiṃ or abhisekamhi or abhiseke	abhisekesu
Vocative (calling)	abhiseka	abhisekā

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဘိသိက် (bhi.sik) (learned)
• → Khmer: អភិសេក (ʼaʼphisaek)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “abhiseka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 72
• A. P. Buddhadatta Mahāthera (1958) Concise Pāli-English Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, page 35
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “abhisēka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press