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पञ्चचत्वारिंशत्

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पञ्च (pañca, five) +‎ चत्वारिंशत् (catvāriṃśat, forty).

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पञ्चचत्वारिंशत् (páñcacatvāriṃśat)

  1. forty-five
    • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 10.4.2.14:
      षोडशात्मनो ऽकुरुत पञ्चचत्वारिंशद् इष्टकान्त् स नैव व्याप्नोन् न सप्तदशधा व्यभवत्
      ṣoḍaśātmano ʼkuruta pañcacatvāriṃśad iṣṭakānt sa naiva vyāpnon na saptadaśadhā vyabhavat
      He made himself sixteen bodies of forty-five bricks each: he did not succeed. He did not develop seventeenfold.

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