पञ्चाशत्

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pančaHćát (“fifty”), from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷeh₁dḱḿ̥t (“fifty”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬗𐬁𐬯𐬀𐬙 (paṇcāsat, “fifty”), Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta, “fifty”), Latin quīnquāgintā (“fifty”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐɲ.t͡ɕɑː.ɕɐ́t/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐɲˈt͡ɕɑː.ɕɐt̪/

पञ्चाशत् • (pañcāśát)

1. fifty
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.18.5:

     आ विंशत्या त्रिंशता याह्यर्वाङा चत्वारिंशता हरिभिर्युजानः ।
     आ पञ्चाशता सुरथेभिरिन्द्रा षष्ट्या सप्तत्या सोमपेयम् ॥

     ā viṃśatyā triṃśatā yāhyarvāṅā catvāriṃśatā haribhiryujānaḥ.
     ā pañcāśatā surathebhirindrā ṣaṣṭyā saptatyā somapeyam.

     O Indra, come hither having harnessed thy chariot with twenty or thirty or forty horses.
     Come with fifty or sixty or seventy well trained horses, O Indra, to drink the Soma.

• Niya Prakrit: 𐨤𐨎𐨕𐨭 (paṃcaśa)
• Pali: paññāsa, paṇṇāsa
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀲 (paṇṇāsa) (see there for further descendants)

• Monier Williams (1899) “पञ्चाशत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0578.