𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• sahassa (Latin script)
• सहस्स (Devanagari script)
• সহস্স (Bengali script)
• සහස‍්ස (Sinhalese script)
• သဟဿ or သႁသ်သ (Burmese script)
• สหสฺส or สะหัสสะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩉᩔ (Tai Tham script)
• ສຫສ຺ສ or ສະຫັສສະ or ສະຫັດສະ (Lao script)
• សហស្ស (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄦𑄥𑄴𑄥 (Chakma script)

Numeral

𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa) n

1. Brahmi script form of sahassa (“thousand”)

Declension

Declension table of "𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀁 (sahassaṃ)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀦𑀺 (sahassāni)
Accusative (second)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀁 (sahassaṃ)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀦𑀺 (sahassāni)
Instrumental (third)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀦 (sahassena)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (sahassehi) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀪𑀺 (sahassebhi)
Dative (fourth)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassassa) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀬 (sahassāya) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀁 (sahassatthaṃ)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀦𑀁 (sahassānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀸 (sahassasmā) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸 (sahassamhā) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (sahassā)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (sahassehi) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀪𑀺 (sahassebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassassa)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀦𑀁 (sahassānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀺𑀁 (sahassasmiṃ) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀺 (sahassamhi) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂 (sahasse)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (sahassesu)
Vocative (calling)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀦𑀺 (sahassāni)

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra); see there for more. Cognate with Magadhi Prakrit 𑀰𑀳𑀰𑁆𑀰 (śahaśśa), Pali sahassa.

Numeral

𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa) n or m (Devanagari सहस्स, Kannada ಸಹಸ್ಸ) (Ardhamagadhi, Maharastri, Paisaci, Sauraseni) (cardinal number)

1. thousand

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀁 (sahassaṃ)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀇𑀁 (sahassāiṃ) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀇 (sahassāi)
Accusative	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀁 (sahassaṃ)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀇𑀁 (sahassāiṃ) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀇 (sahassāi)
Instrumental	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀡 (sahasseṇa) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (sahasseṇaṃ)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (sahassehi) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (sahassehiṃ)
Dative	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀅 (sahassāa)	—
Ablative	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀑 (sahassāo) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀉 (sahassāu) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (sahassā) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (sahassāhi) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (sahassāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassassa)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀡 (sahassāṇa) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (sahassāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (sahassammi) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂 (sahasse)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (sahassesu) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (sahassesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (sahassā)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀇𑀁 (sahassāiṃ) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀇 (sahassāi)

Maharastri declension of 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁄 (sahasso)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (sahassā)
Accusative	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀁 (sahassaṃ)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂 (sahasse) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (sahassā)
Instrumental	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀡 (sahasseṇa) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (sahasseṇaṃ)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (sahassehi) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (sahassehiṃ)
Dative	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀅 (sahassāa)	—
Ablative	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀑 (sahassāo) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀉 (sahassāu) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (sahassā) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (sahassāhi) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (sahassāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassassa)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀡 (sahassāṇa) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (sahassāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (sahassammi) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂 (sahasse)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (sahassesu) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (sahassesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa) or 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (sahassā)	𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (sahassā)

Descendants

• Hindustani: sahas-

  Hindi: सहस-

  Urdu: سَہَس (sahas)

• Old Gujarati: सहस (sahasa)
• Old Marathi: 𑘭𑘮𑘰𑘭 (sahāsa)
• Punjabi: ਸਹੰਸ (sahans)
• Sindhi: سَهَسُ / सहसु

Further reading

• 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 21.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sahassa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 768
• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “सहस्स”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].