====== eka ======
===== eka =====
//adjectif// numéral : **un** / **une**, singulier, unique (s'oppose à //nānā// : varié, nombreux) ; **seul**, par soi-même,
  * employé comme article indéfini - __au singulier__ : **un certain**, un tel, quelconque, même ; __au pluriel__ : **quelques**(-uns), **certains**\\
  * déclinaison : voir ci-dessous
__Exemples__ : \\
  * //ekaṃ samayaṃ// : en ce temps-là, en cette occasion
  * //ekasmiṃ samaye// : il était une fois
  * //ekadivasena// : le même jour
  * //ekadivasaṃ// : un jour
  * //ekaṃ ekaṃ// : un par un, l'un après l'autre

== déclinaison ==

| ^masculin^^neutre^^féminin^^
| ^singulier^pluriel^singulier^pluriel^singulier^pluriel^
^nominatif|eko|eke|ekaṃ|ekāni|ekā|ekā|
^accusatif|ekaṃ|:::|:::|:::|ekaṃ|ekāhi|
^instrumental|ekena|ekehi|ekena|ekehi|ekāya|ekāsaṃ|
^ablatif|ekasmā, ekamhā|:::|ekasmā, ekamhā|:::|:::|:::|
^datif|ekassa|ekesaṃ|ekassa|ekesaṃ|ekissā|ekāhi|
^génitif|:::|:::|:::|:::|:::|:::|
^locatif|ekasmiṃ, ekamhi|ekesu|ekasmiṃ, ekamhi|ekesu|ekāsu|ekāsu|


=====Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede=====
**eka** (adj. -- num.) [Vedic eka, i. e. e -- ka to Idg. *oi as in Av. aēva, Gr. oi)_os one, alone; and also with diff. suffix in Lat. ū -- nus, cp. Gr. oi)no/s (one on the dice), Goth. etc. ains = E. one] one. Eka follows the pron. declension, i. e. nom. pl. is eke (e. g. Sn 43, 294, 780 etc.) -- 1. "one" as number, either with or without contrast to two or more; often also "single" opp. to //nānā// 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 ii.52; //ekamaccha// a single fish J i.222. In enumeration: eka dve pañca dasa DhA i.24. With other numerals: //ekatiṃsa// (31) D ii.2; //ekasaṭṭhi// (61) Vin i.20; //ekanavuti// (91) DhA i.97; //ekasata// (101) DhA ii.14. Cp. use of "one less" in //ekūna// (see under cpds. & ūna). -- 2. (as predicative and adj.) one, by oneself, one only, alone, solitary A iii.67 (//ekuddesa//); J i.59 (//ekadivasena// on the one day only, i. e. on the same day); Dh 395; Sn 35, 1136 (see Nd2 172a), //ekaṃ ekaṃ// one by one S i 104 (devo //ekaṃ ekaṃ phusāyati// rains drop by drop), cp. ekameka. -- 3. a certain one, some one, some; adj. in function of an indefinite article = a, one (definite or indefinite): //ekasmiṃ samaye// once upon a time J i.306; //ekena upāyena// by some means J iii.393; //ekaṃ kulaṃ gantuṃ// to a certain clan (corresp. with asuka) DhA i.45; //ekadivasaṃ// one day J i.58; iii.26; PvA 67. Cp. Sn 1069 (see Nd2 172b). -- All these three categories are found represented in freq. cpds.\\
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=====Dictionnaire Héritage du Sanscrit, Inria, Gérard Huet (dir.)=====
**eka** pn. m. n. f. //ekā// sg. un, l'un, unique; seul, solitaire, seulement | un certain, un tel | pl. //eke// quelques, certains — n. unité.