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Pāḷi Numbers
(Saṅkhyā)
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This is a list of commonly found Pāḷi numbers which occur in the literature. Besides giving integers, I have also given fractions where I have noticed they occur, and have added the different forms that are found.
For the first ten numbers I have also included their ordinal form in rounded brackets, after ten they continue simply by adding -ma as the suffix, as in examples 7-10 given below.
The numbers go sequentially up to 105, and other, theoretical, numbers can be inferred from the given examples. After that I have given only forms that I have found used in the Pāḷi books.
As always I am hoping this will be of use to the Pāḷi student, and make reference to numbers easier for those studying and using the language.
Ānandajoti Bhikkhu
December, 2016
1: eka (paṭhama)
1.5: diyaḍḍha
2: dvi (dutiya)
2 or 3: dvatti. dvīti
2.5: aḍḍhateyya, aḍḍhatiya
3: ti (tatiya)
3.5: aḍḍhuḍḍha
3 or 4: ticatu, tero*
4: catu, aṭṭhaḍḍha (catuttha)
5: pañca (pañcama)
6: cha (chaṭṭha)
7: satta (sattama)
8: aṭṭha (aṭṭhama)
9: nava (navama)
10: dasa (dasama)
11: ekādasa, ekārasa
12: dvādasa, duvādasa, bārasa
12.5: aḍḍhatelasa
13: terasa, telasa
14: catuddasa, cuddasa, coddasa
15: pañcadasa, paṇṇarasa
16: soḷasa, sorasa
17: sattadasa, sattarasa
18: aṭṭhādasa, aṭṭhārasa
19: ekūnavīsati
20: vīsati, vīsa, vīsā
21: ekavīsati
22: dvāvīsati, dvevīsati, bāvīsati, bāvīsa
23: tevīsati, tevīsa
24: catuvīsati, catuvīsa, catubīsatai
25: pañcavīsati, paṇṇavīsati
26: chabbīsati
27: sattavīsati
28: aṭṭhavīsati
29: ekūnatiṁsati
30: tiṁsati , tiṁsa, tiṁsā, tiṁsaṁ, samatiṁsa
31: ekatiṁsati
32: dvattiṁsati, dvattiṁsa, battiṁsati
33: tettiṁsati, tettiṁsa
34: catuttiṁsati
35: pañcatiṁsati
36: chattiṁsati
37: sattatiṁsati
38: aṭṭhatiṁsati
39: ekūnacattālīsati
40: cattālīsati, cattālīsaṁ, cattārīsaṁ, cattārīsa, cattārīsā
41: ekacattālīsati, ekacattārīsati
42: dvicattālīsati, dvicattārīsati, dvecattālīsati, dvecattārīsati
43: tecattālīsati , tecattārīsati
44: catucattālīsati, catucattārīsati
45: pañcacattālīsati, pañcacattārīsati
46: chacattālīsati, chacattārīsati
47: sattacattālīsati, sattacattārīsati
48: aṭṭhacattālīsati, aṭṭhacattārīsati
49: ekūnapaññāsā
50: paññasa, paññāsa, paññāsaṁ, paṇṇāsā, paṇṇāsaṁ
51: ekapannāsā, ekapaṇṇāsā
52: dvepaññāsā, dvepaṇṇāsā
53: tipaññāsā, tipaṇṇāsā
54: catupaññāsā, catupaṇṇāsā
55: pañcapaññāsā, pañcapaṇṇnāsā
56: chappaññāsā, chappaṇṇāsā
57: sattapaññāsā, sattapaṇṇāsā
58: aṭṭhapaññāsā, aṭṭhapaṇṇāsā
59: ekūnasaṭṭhi
60: saṭṭhi
61: ekasaṭṭhi
62: dvīsaṭṭhi, dvāsaṭṭhi, dvesaṭṭhi
63: tisaṭṭhi, tesaṭṭhi
64: catusaṭṭhi
65: pañcasaṭṭhi
66: chasaṭṭhi
67: sattasaṭṭhi
68: aṭṭhasaṭṭhi
69: ekūnasattati
70: sattati
71: ekasattati
72: dvisattati, dvāsattati, dvesattati
73: tesattati, tisattati
74: catusattati
75: pañcasattati
76: chasattati
77: sattasattati
78: aṭṭhasattati
79: ekūnāsīti
80: asīti,
81: ekāsīti
82: dve-asīti, dvāsīti, diyāsīti
83: te-āsīti, tiyāsīti
84: caturāsīti, cullāsīti
85: pañcāsīti
86: chāsīti
87: sattāsīti
88: aṭṭhāsīti
89: ekūnanavuti
90: navuti
91: ekanavuti
92: dvinavuti, dvānavuti, dvenavuti
93: tinavuti, tenavuti
94: catunavuti
95: pañcanavuti
96: channavuti
97: sattanavuti
98: aṭṭhanavuti
99: ekūnasataṁ
< 100: ūnakasataṁ
100: sataṁ, ekasataṁ
101: ekādhisataṁ, ekuttarasataṁ
102: dvādhisataṁ, dvi-uttarasataṁ
103: tayādhisataṁ, tayuttarasataṁ
104: catuttarasataṁ
105: pañcuttarasataṁ
108: aṭṭhuttarasataṁ
110: dasasataṁ
111: ekādasasataṁ
120: vīsuttarasataṁ
150: diyaḍḍhasataṁ
200: dve satāni, disataṁ, dvisataṁ
300: tīṇi satāni
400: cattāri satāni
500: pañca satāni, pañcasataṁ
600: chasataṁ
700: sattasataṁ
800: aṭṭhasataṁ
900: navasataṁ
1,000: sahassaṁ, dasasataṁ, hanuta
1,000+: parosahassa (over a 1,000)
1,000++: anekasahassaṁ (countless 1,000s)
1,200: dvadasasataṁ
1,250: aḍḍhatelasa sataṁ
1,400: catuddasasataṁ
2,000: vīsasataṁ
2,500: aḍḍhateyyasahassaṁ
3,000: tiṁsasataṁ
4,000: cattālīsasataṁ
4,900: ekūnapaññāsasataṁ
5,000: pañcasahassaṁ
6,000: chasahassaṁ
8,000: asītisataṁ
8,400: cattārīsasataṁ, cattālīsasataṁ
8,500: pañcāsītisataṁ
10,000: dasa sahassa, nahuta
14,000: catuddasasahassāni
18,000: aṭṭhārasasahassāni, aṭṭhārasasahassaṁ
24,000: catubbīsasahassāni, catuvīsasahassāni
43,000: ticattārīsasahassāni
51,000: ekapaññāsasahassāni
54,000: catupaññāsasahassāni
63,000: tisoḷasasahassāni
84,000: caturāsītisahassāni
88,000: aṭṭhāsītisahassāni
99,999: ekūnasatasahassāni
100,000: lakkha, satasahassaṁ
100,000+: adhikasatasahassaṁ (exceeding 100,000)
100,000++: anekasatasahassaṁ (countless 100,000s)
6,800,000: aṭṭhasaṭṭhi satasahassaṁ
8,400,000: caturāsītisatasahassaṁ, cullāsīti satasahassaṁ, cūḷāsīti satasahassaṁ
1,000,000: dasa lakkha
1,400,000: catudasa satasahassaṁ
5,000,000: paññāsasatasahassaṁ
10,000,000: koṭi
1,000,000,000: koṭisataṁ
1,000,000,000++: nekoṭisataṁ: countless thousands of millions (countless 1,000,000,000)
10,000,000,000: koṭisahassaṁ
1,000,000,000,000: koṭisatasahassaṁ
100,000,000,000,000: pakoṭi
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000: koṭippakoṭi
1 + 28 zeros: nahuta
1 + 35 zeros: ninnahuta
1 + 42 zeros: akkhohiṇi
1 + 49 zeros: bindhu
1 + 56 zeros: ambutaṁ
1 + 63 zeros: nirabbutaṁ
1 + 70 zeros: atataṁ
1 + 77 zeros: apapaṁ
1 + 84 zeros: aṭaṭaṁ
1 + 91 zeros: sokandhikaṁ
1 + 98 zeros: uppalaṁ
1 + 105 zeros: kumudaṁ
1 + 112 zeros: padumaṁ
1 + 119 zeros: puṇḍarikaṁ
1 + 126 zeros: kathānaṁ
1 + 133 zeros: mahākathānaṁ
1 + 140 zeros: asaṅkheyyaṁ
uncountable: asaṅkheyyaṁ