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 regard to their names; and there is more or less of discordance even from on.

c. Thus, in the TS. and MS. we find, , , , , , , , ; K. reverses the order of and , and inserts  after  (reading ): these are probably the oldest recorded series.

d. In modern time, the only numbers in practical use above thousand are (lac or lakh) and  (crore); and an Indian sum is wont to be pointed thus: 123,45,67,890, to signify 123 crores, 45 lakhs, 67 thousand, eight hundred and ninety.

e. As to the alleged stem-forms etc., see below, 484. As to the form instead of, see above, 146b. The stem appears in composition and derivation also as  and ;  in composition is accented. The older form of is : see below, 483. Forms in - and - for the tens are occasionally interchanged: e. g. (MBh. R.),  (AB.),  (RT.).

f. The other numbers are expressed by the various composition and syntactical combination of those given above. Thus :

476. The odd numbers between the even tens are made by prefixing the (accented) unit to the ten to which its value is to be added: but with various irregularities. Thus:

a. in 11 becomes, but is elsewhere unchanged;

b. becomes everywhere ; but in 42–72 and in 92 it is interchangeable with, and in 82  alone is used;

c. for is substituted its nom. pl. masc. ; but itself is also allowed in 43–73 and in 93, and in 83  alone is used;

d. becomes  in 16, and makes the initial  of  lingual (199d); elsewhere its final undergoes the regular conversion (226 b, 198 b) to  or  or ; and in 96 the  of  is assimilated to it (199c);

e. becomes  (483) in 18–38, and has either form in the succeeding combinations.

f. Thus: