pronoun pronoun of 1^st person “I”. nom. sg. ahaṃ SN.iii.235; AN.iv.53; Dhp.222, Dhp.320; Snp.172, Snp.192, Snp.685, Snp.989, Snp.1054, Snp.1143; Ja.i.61; Ja.ii.159
■ In pregnant sense (my ego, myself, I as the one & only i.e. egotistically) in foll. phrases: yaṃ vadanti mama. na te ahaṃ SN.i.116, SN.i.123; ahaṃ asmi “I am” (cp. ahaṃkāra below) SN.i.129; SN.iii.46, SN.iii.128 sq.; SN.iv.203; AN.ii.212 AN.ii.215 sq.; Vism.13; ahaṃ pure ti “I am the first” Vv.84#50 (= ahamahaṃkārā ti Vv-a.351)
■ gen. dat. mayhaṃ Snp.431, Snp.479; Ja.i.279; Ja.ii.160, mama SN.i.115; Snp.22, Snp.23 Snp.341, Snp.997; Ja.ii.159, & mamaṃ SN.i.116; Snp.253 (= mama C.), Snp.694, Snp.982
■ instr. mayā Snp.135, Snp.336, Snp.557, Snp.982; Ja.i.222, Ja.i.279
■ acc. maṃ Snp.356, Snp.366, Snp.425, Snp.936; Ja.ii.159; Ja.iii.26, & mamaṃ Ja.iii.55, Ja.iii.394
■ loc. mayi Snp.559; Ja.iii.188. The enclitic form in the sg. is me, & functions in diff. cases, as gen. (Snp.983; Ja.ii.159), acc. (Snp.982), instr. (Ja.i.138, Ja.i.222), & abl
■ Pl. nom.; mayaṃ (we) Snp.31, Snp.91, Snp.167, Snp.999; Ja.ii.159; Ja.vi.365, amhe Ja.ii.129, & vayaṃ (q.v.)
■ gen. amhākaṃ Ja.i.221; Ja.ii.159 & asmākaṃ Snp.p.106
■ acc. amhe Ja.i.222; Ja.ii.415; asme Ja.iii.359
■ instr. amhehi Ja.i.150; Ja.ii.417 & asmābhi Thag-a.153 (Tha-ap.132)
■ loc. amhesu Ja.i.222. The enclitic form for the pl. is no (for acc. dat & gen.) see under; vayaṃ.

• -kāra selfishness, egotism, arrogance (see also mamaṃkāra) MN.iii.18, MN.iii.32; SN.ii.253; SN.iii.80, SN.iii.136, SN.iii.169 sq.; SN.iv.41 SN.iv.197, SN.iv.202; AN.i.132 sq.; AN.iii.444; Ud.70; Ne.127, and freq. passim.

Vedic ahaṃ = Av. azəm; Gr. ἐγώ(ν); Lat. ego; Goth. ik, Ags. ic, Ohg. ih etc.