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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 5 of 8

§393

Dasadasakaṃ sataṃ dasakānaṃ sataṃ sahassañ ca yomhi

And when ‘yo’ follows, ten tens [are] “sataṃ” (one hundred), and one hundred tens [are] “sahassaṃ” (one thousand).

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393. 415. Dasadasakaṃ sataṃ dasakānaṃ sataṃ sahassañ ca yomhi (832)

[Dasadasakaṃ + sataṃ + dasakānaṃ + sataṃ + sahassaṃ + ca + yomhi = 7 words]

Gaṇane pariyāpannassa dasadasakassa sataṃ hoti, satadasakassa sahassaṃ hoti yomhi pare.

Sataṃ (D. i, 12-3), sahassaṃ (JA. i, 138).

Dvikādīnaṃ taduttarapadānañ ca nippajjante yathāsaṅkhyaṃ. Satassa dvikaṃ (tad idaṃ hoti) dvisataṃ. Evaṃ tisataṃ, catusataṃ, pañcasataṃ, chasataṃ, sattasataṃ, aṭṭhasataṃ, navasataṃ, dasasataṃ, sahassaṃ hoti.

And when ‘yo’ follows, ten tens [are] “sataṃ” (one hundred), and one hundred tens [are] “sahassaṃ” (one thousand).
When ‘yo’ follows, ten tens included in the numeration become “sataṃ” (one hundred), and ten hundreds become “sahassaṃ” (one thousand).
Examples
  1. Sataṃ (one hundred), sahassaṃ (one thousand).

And [the forms] of “dvika” (group of two) and others, and of the words that follow [“sataṃ”, one hundred, and “sahassaṃ”, one thousand] respectively, are accomplished by the sutta “nipātanā”. Two groups (dvikaṃ) of one hundred (satassa) –this is (tad idaṃ hoti)– dvisataṃ (two hundred). Likewise: tisataṃ (three hundred), catusataṃ (four hundred), pañcasataṃ (five hundred), chasataṃ (six hundred), sattasataṃ (seven hundred), aṭṭhasataṃ (eight hundred), navasataṃ (nine hundred), dasasataṃ, sahassaṃ (one thousand).

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Pāḷi text and English translation by Bhikkhu Nandisena; edition, apparatus and glossary by the Instituto de Estudios Buddhistas Hispano (IEBH). This material may be reproduced for personal use and distributed free of charge. Copyright © 2026 IEBH. Published under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21948010.