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    Question Does सहस्राणि (sahasrAni) mean 10 or 1000?

    Namaste.

    In the following Quora.com answer, the user has used a different interpretation of the word सहस्राणि (sahasrAni).

    http://qr.ae/THoyUP

    I'm unable to insert these 2 images, not sure why. Anyway here are the links:

    http://i.stack.imgur.com/2VLwl.png

    http://i.stack.imgur.com/Qh7CG.png

    What is the true meaning of the word sahasrAni in Sanskrit? Does the meaning change depending on the context?

    From Valmiki Ramayana website (maintained by IIT, Kanpur), we have the following:

    Link: https://www.valmiki.iitk.ac.in/conte..._sloka_value=2

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    येषां स सगरो नाम सागरो येन खानित: ।

    षष्टि: पुत्रसहस्राणि यं यान्तं पर्यवारयन् ।।1.5.2।।



    येन by whom, सागर: ocean, खानित: was made to be dug, यान्तम् while he was marching (to the battle), यम् whom, षष्टि: पुत्रसहस्राणि sixty thousand sons, पर्यवारयन् surrounded by, स: that, सगरो नाम king named Sagara, येषाम् amongst those.



    Among them a king named Sagara got the ocean dug and his sixty thousand sons surrounded him whenever he went (to battle).











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    How can king have 60K sons from a single wife? Isn't 60 a more reasonable count?

    - SV

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    Last edited by svh; 14 December 2016 at 05:07 PM. Reason: removed a link for safety ....

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