(It's interesting that అక్ష means cube here because అక్షము also means dice)
Monday, March 23, 2009
అక్షౌహిణి
A Telugu-English dictionary: "అక్షౌహిణి [ akṣauhiṇi ] akshauhiṇi. [Skt. The anikini (అనికిని) consists of 27 vahinis (వాహినులు.) and 27 being the cube aksha (అక్ష) of 3, it is probable that akshauhini is a compound of aksha and vāhini. Wms.] n. A host, a complete army, 21870 గజములు, 21870 రథములు, 95910 గుర్రములు, 106350 భటులుగల సైన్యము."
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