महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-22

पञ्चषष्टिसहस्राणि तथाश्वानां शतानि च ।
दशोत्तराणि षट्प्राहुर्यथावदिह संख्यया ॥२२॥

22. pañcaṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi tathāśvānāṁ śatāni ca ,
daśottarāṇi ṣaṭprāhuryathāvadiha saṁkhyayā.

22. pañcaṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi tathā aśvānām śatāni ca
daśottarāṇi ṣaṭ prāhuḥ yathāvat iha saṁkhyayā

22. And sixty-five thousand, along with six hundred and ten horses, they properly declare here by enumeration.

22. ומספר הסוסים הוא שישים וחמישה אלף ושש מאות ועוד עשרה (65,610), כך קבעו כאן בספירה מדויקת.

Words meanings summery:

• पञ्चषष्टिसहस्राणि (pañcaṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi) - the main component of the horse count (65,000) (sixty-five thousands)

• तथा (tathā) - introduces the next component of the count for horses (thus, also, and)

• अश्वानाम् (aśvānām) - specifies that the count refers to horses (of horses)

• शतानि (śatāni) - a numerical unit, part of the count for horses (six hundreds) (hundreds)

• च (ca) - connects different parts of the enumeration (and)

• दशोत्तराणि (daśottarāṇi) - describes the hundreds as being ten more than six hundred, leading to 610 (exceeding by ten, ten more)

• षट् (ṣaṭ) - specifies 'six' hundreds (six)

• प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - the action of the authorities providing this enumeration (they say, they declare)

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - emphasizes the correctness and exactness of the stated numbers (properly, accurately, precisely)

• इह (iha) - in the context of this specific enumeration or discussion (here, in this matter)

• संख्यया (saṁkhyayā) - the method by which these army sizes are determined and stated (by calculation, by numeration, by count)

Words meanings and morphology

पञ्चषष्टिसहस्राणि (pañcaṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi) - the main component of the horse count (65,000) (sixty-five thousands)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of pañcaṣaṣṭisahasra

pañcaṣaṣṭisahasra - sixty-five thousand

Compound type : tatpurusha (pañcaṣaṣṭi+sahasra)

• pañcaṣaṣṭi – sixty-five
  numeral (feminine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - introduces the next component of the count for horses (thus, also, and)

(indeclinable)

अश्वानाम् (aśvānām) - specifies that the count refers to horses (of horses)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse

शतानि (śatāni) - a numerical unit, part of the count for horses (six hundreds) (hundreds)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śata

śata - hundred

च (ca) - connects different parts of the enumeration (and)

(indeclinable)

दशोत्तराणि (daśottarāṇi) - describes the hundreds as being ten more than six hundred, leading to 610 (exceeding by ten, ten more)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of daśottara

daśottara - exceeding by ten, ten more, plus ten

Compound type : tatpurusha (daśan+uttara)

• daśan – ten
  numeral
• uttara – later, subsequent, superior, exceeding, more
  adjective

षट् (ṣaṭ) - specifies 'six' hundreds (six)

(numeral)

Note: can be treated as a plural nominative form for numerals

प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - the action of the authorities providing this enumeration (they say, they declare)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pra-√ah

Prefix: pra

Root: ah

यथावत् (yathāvat) - emphasizes the correctness and exactness of the stated numbers (properly, accurately, precisely)

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - in the context of this specific enumeration or discussion (here, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

संख्यया (saṁkhyayā) - the method by which these army sizes are determined and stated (by calculation, by numeration, by count)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of saṁkhyā

saṁkhyā - number, calculation, enumeration, total

action noun

derived from sam-√khyā + a

Prefix: sam

Root: khyā

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