षष्टि
Sanskrit
| ← 50 | [a], [b], [c] ← 59 | ६० 60 |
61 → | 70 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | ||||
| Cardinal: षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi) Ordinal: षष्टितम (ṣaṣṭitama), षष्ट (ṣaṣṭa) Multiplier: षष्टिधा (ṣaṣṭidhā) | ||||
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): /ʂɐʂ.ʈi/
Numeral
षष्टि • (ṣaṣṭí) f
- sixty
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.164.48:
- द्वाद॑श प्र॒धय॑श्च॒क्रमेकं॒ त्रीणि॒ नभ्या॑नि॒ क उ॒ तच्चि॑केत।
तस्मि॑न्सा॒कं त्रि॑श॒ता न श॒ङ्कवो॑ऽर्पि॒ताः ष॒ष्टिर्न च॑लाच॒लासः॑॥- dvā́daśa pradháyaścakrámékaṃ trī́ṇi nábhyāni ká u tácciketa.
tásminsākáṃ triśatā́ ná śaṅkávoʼrpitā́ḥ ṣaṣṭírná calācalā́saḥ. - Twelve are the fellies, and the wheel is single; three are the naves. What man hath understood it?
Therein are set together spokes three hundred and sixty, which in nowise can be loosened.
- dvā́daśa pradháyaścakrámékaṃ trī́ṇi nábhyāni ká u tácciketa.
- द्वाद॑श प्र॒धय॑श्च॒क्रमेकं॒ त्रीणि॒ नभ्या॑नि॒ क उ॒ तच्चि॑केत।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ष॒ष्टिः (ṣaṣṭíḥ) | ष॒ष्टी (ṣaṣṭī́) | ष॒ष्टयः॑ (ṣaṣṭáyaḥ) |
| accusative | ष॒ष्टिम् (ṣaṣṭím) | ष॒ष्टी (ṣaṣṭī́) | ष॒ष्टीः (ṣaṣṭī́ḥ) |
| instrumental | ष॒ष्ट्या (ṣaṣṭyā́) ष॒ष्टी¹ (ṣaṣṭī́¹) |
ष॒ष्टिभ्या॑म् (ṣaṣṭíbhyām) | ष॒ष्टिभिः॑ (ṣaṣṭíbhiḥ) |
| dative | ष॒ष्टये॑ (ṣaṣṭáye) ष॒ष्ट्यै² (ṣaṣṭyái²) ष॒ष्टी¹ (ṣaṣṭī́¹) |
ष॒ष्टिभ्या॑म् (ṣaṣṭíbhyām) | ष॒ष्टिभ्यः॑ (ṣaṣṭíbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ष॒ष्टेः (ṣaṣṭéḥ) ष॒ष्ट्याः² (ṣaṣṭyā́ḥ²) ष॒ष्ट्यै³ (ṣaṣṭyái³) |
ष॒ष्टिभ्या॑म् (ṣaṣṭíbhyām) | ष॒ष्टिभ्यः॑ (ṣaṣṭíbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ष॒ष्टेः (ṣaṣṭéḥ) ष॒ष्ट्याः² (ṣaṣṭyā́ḥ²) ष॒ष्ट्यै³ (ṣaṣṭyái³) |
ष॒ष्ट्योः (ṣaṣṭyóḥ) | ष॒ष्टी॒नाम् (ṣaṣṭīnā́m) |
| locative | ष॒ष्टौ (ṣaṣṭáu) ष॒ष्ट्याम्² (ṣaṣṭyā́m²) ष॒ष्टा¹ (ṣaṣṭā́¹) |
ष॒ष्ट्योः (ṣaṣṭyóḥ) | ष॒ष्टिषु॑ (ṣaṣṭíṣu) |
| vocative | षष्टे॑ (ṣáṣṭe) | षष्टी॑ (ṣáṣṭī) | षष्ट॑यः (ṣáṣṭayaḥ) |
- 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