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Eka 1 60 Ekanta
Hca (adj.-num.) [Vedic eka, i. e. e-ka to Idg. *oi as in Av.
aeva, Gr. eZoc one, alone; and also with dift". suffix in
Lat. Q-nus, cp. Gr. oiv6( (one on the dice), Goth. etc.
ains = E. one] one. Eka follows the pron. declension,
i. e. nom. pi. is eke (e. g. Sn 43, 294, 780 etc.) — i.
"one" as number, either with or without contrast to two
or more; often also "single" opp. to nana various, many
(q. V.) Very frequent by itself as well as with other
numerals, ekangula one thumb Mhvs 29, 11; DhA iii.
127; ekapasse in one quarter DhA 11.52; ekamaccha a
single fish J
1.222. In enumeration: eka dve paiica dasa
DhA 1.24. With other numerals: eka-tir)sa (31) D 11.2;
°satthi (61) Vin 1.20; "navuti (91) DhA 1.97; °sata (loi)
DhA 11.14. Cp. use of "one less" in ekana (see under
cpds. & una). — 2. (as predicative and adj.) one, by
oneself, one only, alone, solitary A 111.67 (ek-uddesa);
J '•59 (ekadivasena on the one day only,
same day); Dh 395; Sn 35,
i. e. on the
1 136 (see Nd2 172a), ekaq
ekai) one by one S I 104 (devo ekai) ekaij phusayati rains
drop by drop), cp. ekameka. — 3. a certain one, some
one, some; adj. in function 9f an indefinite article = a,
one (definite or indefinite): ekasmiij samaye once upon a
time J 1.306; ekena upayena by some means J III. 393;
ekaij kulaq gantug to a certain clan (corresp. with asuka)
DhA 1.45; ekadivasaq one day J 1.58; 111.26; PvA 67.
Cp. Sn 1069 (see Nd'^ 172''). — AH these three categories
are found represented in freq. cpds., of which the
foil, are but a small selection.
-akkbi see "pokkhara. -agga calm, tranquil (of persons
just converted), collected [cp. Buddh. Sk. ekagra
Jtm 3i'