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CHAPTER VI.
NUMERALS.
475. The simple cardinal numerals for the first ten numbers (which are the foundation of the whole class), with their derivatives, the tens, and with some of the higher members of the decimal series, are as follows:
1 | एक éka |
10 | दश dáça |
100 | शत çatá |
2 | द्व dvá |
20 | विंशति viṅçatí |
1000 | सहस्र sahásra |
3 | त्रि trí |
30 | त्रिंशत् triṅçát |
10,000 | अयुत ayúta |
4 | चतुर् catúr |
40 | चत्वारिंशत् catvāriṅçát |
100,000 | लक्ष lakṣá |
5 | पञ्च páñca |
50 | पञ्चाशत् pañcāçát |
1,000,000 | प्रयुत prayúta |
6 | षष् ṣáṣ |
60 | षष्टि ṣaṣṭí |
10,000,000 | कोटि kóṭi |
7 | सप्त saptá |
70 | सप्तति saptatí |
108 | अर्बुद arbudá |
8 | अष्ट aṣṭá |
80 | अशीति açītí |
109 | महार्बुद mahārbuda |
9 | नव náva |
90 | नवति navatí |
1010 | खर्व kharvá |
10 | दश dáça |
100 | शत çatá |
1011 | निखर्व nikharva |
a. The accent saptá and aṣṭá is that belonging to these words in all accentuated texts; according to the grammarians, they are sápta and áṣṭa in the later language. See below, 483.
b. The series of decimal numbers may be carried still further; but there are great differences among the different authorities with