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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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Pronoun

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अस्मे (asmé)

  1. (Vedic) locative/dative/genitive plural of अस्मद् (asmad)[1]
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.66.21:
      अग्ने॒ पव॑स्व॒ स्वपा॑ अ॒स्मे वर्च॑: सु॒वीर्य॑म्।
      दध॑द्र॒यिं मयि॒ पोष॑म्॥
      ágne pávasva svápā asmé várca: 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.

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  1. ^ 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.