అక్షౌహిణి

Telugu

Etymology

Probably అక్ష (akṣa) +‎ వాహిని (vāhini), since the anikini consists of 27 vahinis, and 27 is the cube (aksha) of 3.

Noun

అక్షౌహిణి • (akṣauhiṇi) ? (plural అక్షౌహిణులు)

1. a complete army consisting of 21870 elephants, 21870 chariots, 95910 horses and 106350 foot soldiers

References

• "అక్షౌహిణి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page {{{1}}}