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licchavisatāni

nt nom pl of licchavisatāni (noun); nt acc pl of licchavisatāni (noun); nt voc pl of licchavisatāni (noun)

1. one hundred Licchavis

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• licchavis — root · Licchavi
  An ethnic and political designation for members of the wealthy Licchavi republic in the Vajji confederation. The etymology of Licchavi itself is uncertain, possibly non-Aryan.
• satāni — ending · hundred (neuter plural)
  The neuter plural nominative/accusative/vocative of satam 'hundred', from PIE *km̥-tóm. The suffix -āni marks the neuter plural and agrees with a collective noun sense.

Analysis. licchavisatāni = licchavis (Licchavi, a Vajjian clan) + satāni (nominative/accusative/vocative plural of satam, 'hundred'); a dvandva or numeral compound denoting 'hundred Licchavis' or 'the Licchavis (numbering) one hundred'

Etymology. Licchavi is an ethnic term for members of the Licchavi republic, one of the great Vajjian confederacies of the Buddha's time. The second element satāni is the neuter plural of satam (hundred), from Proto-Indo-European *km̥-tóm; cognates include Sanskrit śatam, Greek hekatón, Latin centum, English hundred. The neuter plural ending -āni preserves the original Indo-European collective neuter suffix.

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

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