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sahasrāṇ

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  • Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. سَهَسرَ-

sahasra- n. tausend (RV +); sahasrin-, sahasrıya- tausend zähtend {RV +), sähasra- tausendfach (AV +). - Mi., dard., ni., pä. sahassa- tausend, u.a. (Tu 13307, mit Verweisen). - lir., jav. hazapra- n. tausend, med. *hazahra” (und ap. *hadahra-?) in der NÜ (s. Hinz, NÜ 110, 120, mit Lit.), khot. ysära-, man. sogd. z’r, mp. np. hazär, paSto zar ‘tausend’, usw. (Bai, Dict 349bf.). - Idg. *sm g"eslo- „ein (o. II 683, … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. sahasra-, p. 747]

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, ‘two th˚ pieces of gold’, Rājat. ; catvārisahasrāṇivarṣāṇām, ‘four th˚ years’, Mn. ; sometimes in comp. , either ibc. , e.g. yugasahasram, ‘a th˚ ages’, Mn. , or ifc. , e.g. sahasrA Svena , ‘with a th˚ horses’; sahasram may also be used as an ind. , e.g. sahasramṛṣibhiḥ, ‘with a th˚ Ṛṣi s’, RV. ; with other numerals it is used thus, ekA DikaM sahasram , or ekasahasram, ‘a th˚ one’, 1001; dvyadhikaṃs, ‘a th˚ two’, 1002; ekAdaSA Dikam s˚sahasram or ekādaśaṃs or ekādaśas, ‘a th˚ eleven’ or ‘a th˚ having eleven’, 1011; viṃśatyadhikaṃs or vimaṃs, ‘a th˚ twenty’, 1020; dvesahasre or dvisahacram, ‘two th˚ ’; trīṇisahasrāṇi or trisahasram, ‘three th˚ ’ &c.), RV. &c. &c.

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.

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Where it came from

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. sahasra (vol. 2, scan pp. 747-748; entry #5563). Root candidates: *hadah-, *esliio-.

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