षोडशन्

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers (edit)
 ←  15 १६
16
17  → 
    Cardinal: षोडशन् (ṣoḍaśan)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *swáẓḍaśa (sixteen) from *swáṭṣ (six) + *dáśa (ten). See षष् (ṣáṣ) and दश (dáśa).

Pronunciation

Numeral

षोडशन् (ṣóḍaśan)

  1. sixteen

Descendants

  • Pali: soḷasa
  • Prakrit: 𑀲𑁄𑀴𑀲 (soḷasa) (see there for further descendants)