सप्तम

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *saptamás, from Proto-Indo-European *septm̥-mó-s, from *septḿ̥ (“seven”). Cognate with Latin septimus, Ancient Greek ἕβδομος (hébdomos), Ossetian ӕвдӕм (ævdæm), Khotanese 𑀳𑁄𑀤𑀫 (hodama), Persian هفتم‎ (haftom).

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सप्तम • (saptamá)

  1. seventh
    • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) VI.1.8:
      षट् पदान्यनु नि क्रामति [...] सप्तमे पदे जुहोति
      ṣaṭ padānyanu ni krāmati [...] saptame pade juhoti
      He walks six steps [...] in the seventh step, he offers the libation.
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 15.17:
      योऽस्य प्रथमो व्यानः सेयं भूमिः ॥
      योऽस्य द्वितीयो व्यानस्तदन्तरिक्षम् ॥
      योऽस्य तृतीयो व्यानः सा द्यौः ॥
      योऽस्य चतुर्थो व्यानस्तानि नक्षत्राणि ॥
      योऽस्य पञ्चमो व्यानस्त ऋतवः ॥
      योऽस्य षष्ठो व्यानस्त आर्तवाः ॥
      योऽस्य सप्तमो व्यानः स संवत्सरः ॥
      yoʼsya prathamo vyānaḥ seyaṃ bhūmiḥ .
      yoʼsya dvitīyo vyānastadantarikṣam .
      yoʼsya tṛtīyo vyānaḥ sā dyauḥ .
      yoʼsya caturtho vyānastāni nakṣatrāṇi .
      yoʼsya pañcamo vyānasta ṛtavaḥ .
      yoʼsya ṣaṣṭho vyānasta ārtavāḥ .
      yoʼsya saptamo vyānaḥ sa saṃvatsaraḥ .
      His first diffused breath is this Earth.
      His second diffused breath is that Firmament.
      His third diffused breath is that Heaven.
      His fourth diffused breath are those Constellations.
      His fifth diffused breath are the Seasons.
      His sixth diffused breath are the Season-groups.
      His seventh diffused breath is the year.

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