अष्टाचत्वारिंशत्

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Sanskrit

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Sanskrit numbers (edit)
 ←  47 ४८
48
49  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: अष्टचत्वारिंशत् (aṣṭacatvāriṃśat), अष्टाचत्वारिंशत् (aṣṭācatvāriṃśat)

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Etymology

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अष्ट (aṣṭa, eight) +‎ चत्वारिंशत् (catvāriṃśat, forty).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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अष्टाचत्वारिंशत् (aṣṭā́catvāriṃśat)

  1. forty-eight
    • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 10.4.2.13:
      पञ्चदशात्मनो ऽकुरुत अष्टाचत्वारिंशद् इष्टकान्त् स नैव व्याप्नोत्
      pañcadaśātmano ʼkuruta aṣṭācatvāriṃśad iṣṭakānt sa naiva vyāpnot
      He made himself fifteen bodies of forty-eight bricks each: he did not succeed.

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