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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 5 of 8

§395

Sakanāmehi

By their own names.

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395. 417. Sakanāmehi (833)

[Sakanāmehi = 1 word]

Yāsaṃ pana saṅkhyānaṃ aniddiṭṭhanām adheyyānaṃ sakehi sakehi nāmehi nippajjante.

Satasahassānaṃ sataṃ koṭi (Khu. iv, 305), koṭisatasahassānaṃ sataṃ pakoṭi, pakoṭisatasahassānaṃ sataṃ koṭipakoṭi (AA. iii, 329), koṭipakoṭisatasahassānaṃ sataṃ nahutaṃ (AA. iii, 329), nahutasatasahassānaṃ sataṃ ninnahutaṃ (AA. iii, 329), ninnahutasatasahassānaṃ sataṃ akkhobhiṇī (Khu. vi, 77), tathā bindhu, abbudaṃ (S. i, 153; A. iii, 396; AA. iii, 329), nirabbudaṃ (S. i, 153; A. iii, 396; AA. iii, 329), ahahaṃ (S. i, 154; A. iii, 396; Khu. i, 381-piṭṭhesu pi passitabbaṃ), ababaṃ (S. i, 153; A. iii, 396; AA. iii, 329), aṭaṭaṃ (S. i, 154; A. iii, 396; Khu. i, 381-piṭṭhesu pi passitabbaṃ), sogandhikaṃ (S. i, 154; A. iii, 396; Khu. i, 381-piṭṭhesu pi passitabbaṃ), uppalaṃ (S. i, 154; A. iii, 396; Khu. i, 381-piṭṭhesu pi passitabbaṃ), kumudaṃ (S. i, 154; A. iii, 396; Khu. i, 381-piṭṭhesu pi passitabbaṃ), padumaṃ (S. i, 154; A. iii, 396; Khu. i, 381-piṭṭhesu pi passitabbaṃ), puṇḍarikaṃ (S. i, 154; A. iii, 396; Khu. i, 381-piṭṭhesu pi passitabbaṃ), kathānaṃ, mahākathānaṃ, asaṅkheyyaṃ (JA. i, 36).

By their own names.
But those numbers whose names have not been shown are accomplished by their own names.
Examples
  1. Satasahassānaṃ sataṃ: koṭi (one hundred times one hundred thousand: ten million, 10⁷).
  2. Koṭisatasahassānaṃ sataṃ: pakoṭi (one hundred times one hundred thousand ten-millions: 10¹⁴).
  3. Pakoṭisatasahassānaṃ sataṃ: koṭipakoṭi (one hundred times 10¹⁴: 10²¹).
  4. Koṭipakoṭisatasahassānaṃ sataṃ: nahutaṃ (one hundred times 10²¹: 10²⁸).
  5. Nahutasatasahassānaṃ sataṃ: ninnahutaṃ (one hundred times 10²⁸: 10³⁵).
  6. Ninnahutasatasahassānaṃ sataṃ: akkhobhiṇī (one hundred times 10³⁵: 10⁴²).
  7. Likewise: akkhobhiṇīsatasahassānaṃ sataṃ: bindhu (one hundred times 10⁴²: 10⁴⁹), bindhusatasahassānaṃ sataṃ: abbudaṃ (one hundred times 10⁴⁹: 10⁵⁶), abbudasatasahassānaṃ sataṃ: nirabbudaṃ (one hundred times 10⁵⁶: 10⁶³), ahahaṃ (10⁷⁰), ababaṃ (10⁷⁷), aṭaṭaṃ (10⁸⁴), sogandhikaṃ (10⁹¹), uppalaṃ (10⁹⁸), kumudaṃ (10¹⁰⁵), padumaṃ (10¹¹²), puṇḍarikaṃ (10¹¹⁹), kathānaṃ (10¹²⁶), mahākathānaṃ (10¹³³), asaṅkheyyaṃ (10¹⁴⁰).

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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.