𑀰𑀳𑀰𑁆𑀰

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra), from Sanskrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahásra). Cognate with Pali sahassa.

𑀰𑀳𑀰𑁆𑀰 (śahaśśa) (Devanagari शहश्श) (attested in Māgadhī) (cardinal number)

1. Magadhi variant of 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa, “thousand”)

• Old Maithili: sahasa

  Devanagari script: सहस

  Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒯𑒮

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 222
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 175.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sahásra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press