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Pali
Noun
अस्मे m
- Devanagari script form of asme, which is accusative plural of अस्मन् (asman, “stone”)
Pronoun
अस्मे
- Devanagari script form of asme (“us”), which is an accusative plural of अहं (ahaṃ)
Sanskrit
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Pronunciation
Pronoun
अस्मे • (asmé)
- (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.
References
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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.”