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ekasataṁ

ekasata

accusative singular neuter of ekasata (numeral: 'one hundred')

1. one hundred
2. the number 100

Built from

• eka — root · one
  Cognate with Latin unus, English one, Sanskrit eka. The basic cardinal numeral.
• sata — root · hundred
  Cognate with Latin centum, English hundred, Sanskrit śata, Greek hekatón. An ancient Indo-European numeral root.

Analysis. eka 'one' + sata 'hundred'; a compound numeral.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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