सहस्रsahasrasee below.
- see below.
- neuter gender (rarely) masculine gender (perhaps from 7, स plus हस्र Equivalent to Greek χίλιοι for χεσλοι; confer, compare Persian haza1r) a thousand (with the counted object in the same case sg. or plural exempli gratia, 'for example' सहस्रेण बाहुना, "with a thousand arms" Hariv.; सहस्रं भिषजः, "a thousand drugs" fg-veda; or in the genitive case exempli gratia, 'for example' द्व्-सहास्रे सुवर्णस्य, "two th thousand pieces of gold" Ra1jat.; चत्वारि सहस्राण् वर्षाणम्, "four th thousand years" Mn.; sometimes in compound, either in the beginning of a compound exempli gratia, 'for example' युग-सहास्रम्, "a th thousand ages" Mn., or in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' exempli gratia, 'for example' सहास्रा*श्वेन, "with a th thousand horses"; 740499 सहस्रम् may also be used as an indeclinable exempli gratia, 'for example' सहस्रम् रिषिभिः, "with a th thousand R2ishis ऋषि s" fg-veda; with other numerals it is used thus, एका*धिकं सहस्रम्, or एक-सहस्रम्, "a th thousand plus one", 1001; द्व्यधिकं स्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, "a th thousand plus two", 1002; एकादशा*धिकम् स्that the rest of a word is to be suppliedसहस्रम् or एकादशं स्that the rest of a word is to be supplied or एकादश-स्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, "a th thousand plus eleven" or "a th thousand having eleven", 1011; विंशत्य्-अधिकं स्that the rest of a word is to be supplied or विमं स्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, "a th thousand plus twenty", 1020; द्वे सहस्रे or द्वि-सहच्रम्, "two th thousand"; त्रीणि सहस्राणि or त्रि-सहस्रम्, "three th thousand" etc.) fg-veda etc.
- neuter gender a thousand cows or gifts (Equivalent to सहस्रं गव्यम् etc., used to express wealth; सहस्रं शता*श्वम्, "a th thousand cows and a hundred horses" S3a1n3khS3r.) fg-veda VS. S3Br. (in later language often Equivalent to "1000 Pan2as पण s", exempli gratia, 'for example' Mn. viii, 120; 336 etc.)
- neuter gender any very large number (in Naigh. iii, 1 among the बहु-नामानि; confer, compare सहस्र-किरण etc. below)
- mf(ई)neuter gender a thousandth or the thousandth (Equivalent to सहस्र-तम which is the better form; confer, compare Pa1n2. 5-2, 57) .
Source: Monier-Williams
