षष्टि

Sanskrit

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Cardinal: षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ষষ্টি (Assamese script)
• ᬱᬱ᭄ᬝᬶ (Balinese script)
• ষষ্টি (Bengali script)
• 𑰬𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀱𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ၑၑ္ဋိ (Burmese script)
• ષષ્ટિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਸ਼੍ਟਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌷𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦰꦰ꧀ꦛꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂭𑂭𑂹𑂗𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಷಷ್ಟಿ (Kannada script)
• ឞឞ្ដិ (Khmer script)
• ຩຩ຺ຏິ (Lao script)
• ഷഷ്ടി (Malayalam script)
• ᢢᠠᢢᢞᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘬𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢔᠠᢔᢌᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧌𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐲𑐲𑑂𑐚𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଷଷ୍ଟି (Odia script)
• ꢰꢰ꣄ꢜꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆰𑆰𑇀𑆛𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖬𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ෂෂ‍්ටි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪀𑪀 𑪙𑩦𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚶𑚔𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஷஷ்டி (Tamil script)
• షష్టి (Telugu script)
• ษษฺฏิ (Thai script)
• ཥ་ཥྚི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒭𑒭𑓂𑒙𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨯𑨯𑩇𑨔𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swéḱsdḱomt (“six-ten”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta), Latin sexāgintā.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʂɐʂ.ʈí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʂɐʂ.ʈi/

Numeral

षष्टि • (ṣaṣṭí) f

1. sixty

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of षष्टि (ṣaṣṭí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	षष्टिः ṣaṣṭíḥ	षष्टी ṣaṣṭī́	षष्टयः ṣaṣṭáyaḥ
Vocative	षष्टे ṣáṣṭe	षष्टी ṣáṣṭī	षष्टयः ṣáṣṭayaḥ
Accusative	षष्टिम् ṣaṣṭím	षष्टी ṣaṣṭī́	षष्टीः ṣaṣṭī́ḥ
Instrumental	षष्ट्या / षष्टी¹ ṣaṣṭyā́ / ṣaṣṭī́¹	षष्टिभ्याम् ṣaṣṭíbhyām	षष्टिभिः ṣaṣṭíbhiḥ
Dative	षष्टये / षष्ट्यै² / षष्टी¹ ṣaṣṭáye / ṣaṣṭyaí² / ṣaṣṭī́¹	षष्टिभ्याम् ṣaṣṭíbhyām	षष्टिभ्यः ṣaṣṭíbhyaḥ
Ablative	षष्टेः / षष्ट्याः² / षष्ट्यै³ ṣaṣṭéḥ / ṣaṣṭyā́ḥ² / ṣaṣṭyaí³	षष्टिभ्याम् ṣaṣṭíbhyām	षष्टिभ्यः ṣaṣṭíbhyaḥ
Genitive	षष्टेः / षष्ट्याः² / षष्ट्यै³ ṣaṣṭéḥ / ṣaṣṭyā́ḥ² / ṣaṣṭyaí³	षष्ट्योः ṣaṣṭyóḥ	षष्टीनाम् ṣaṣṭīnā́m
Locative	षष्टौ / षष्ट्याम्² / षष्टा¹ ṣaṣṭaú / ṣaṣṭyā́m² / ṣaṣṭā́¹	षष्ट्योः ṣaṣṭyóḥ	षष्टिषु ṣaṣṭíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: شیٹھ (śēṭh)
• Punjabi: [script needed] (saṭṭhi)
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (saṭṭhī), 𑀲𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀁 (saṭṭhiṃ) (see there for further descendants)
• → Telugu: షష్టి (ṣaṣṭi) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “षष्टि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1109, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṣaṣṭí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press