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sahasrāṇ

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Distribution

Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k

Senses

1. سَهَسرَ-

2. سَهَسرَ

sahasra n. (rarely) m. (perhaps fr. 7. sahasra = Gk. χίλιοι for χεσλοι ; cf. Pers. hazār ) a thousand (with the counted object in the same case sg. or pl. , e.g. sahasreṇabāhunā, ‘with a thousand arms’, Hariv. ; sahasraṃbhiṣajaḥ, ‘a thousand drugs’, RV. ; or in the gen. , e.g. dvesahasresuvarṇasya, …

3. سَهَسرَ

a thousand cows or gifts (= sahasraṃgavyam &c., used to express wealth; sahasraM SatA Svam , ‘a th˚ cows and a hundred horses’, ŚāṅkhŚr. ), RV. ; VS. ; ŚBr. (in later language often = ‘1000 Paṇa s’, e.g. Mn. viii, 120 ; 336 &c.)

4. sāhasra

sāhasra mf(ī, or ā)n. ( fr. sahasra) relating or belonging to a thousand, consisting of or bought with or paid for a th˚ , thousandfold, exceedingly numerous, infinite, VS. &c. &c.

Attestations

sahasrāṇ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,9.2

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Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) vol. 2, scan pp. 747-748; entry #5563 Review: Under source audit
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