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/eka- / एकॱ

The pronoun base eka- एकॱ may mean "one".

When it means "one" it obviously can only take singular endings.

Yet it has other meanings, like "alone", that can take all endings,

and in the plural it can mean "some" too.

6114036a tatrAham ekAm adrAkSam azokavanikAG gatAm
तत्राहमेकामद्राक्षमशोकवनिकां गताम्
"there i saw her, she was alone in the azoka अशोक garden"

6008013c aham eko haniSyAmi rAghavaM sahalakSmaNam
अहमेको हनिष्यामि राघवं सहलक्ष्मणम्
"I will kill rAma and his brother all by myself"

karma tyAjyam ity eke prAhuH
कर्म त्याज्यमित्येके प्राहुः
"some say that doing nothing is best"