Sanskrit counting 1 to 100

In this lesson, we will learn Sanskrit Counting 1 to 100 (1-100).

1-100

After learning them, we can move forward to learning further numbers

Given these words we can form up to 199 words by applying the rule of external sandhi, (like four + teen = fourteen in English), in Sanskrit it can be done by putting the smaller number in front of bigger numbers (chaturdasa for 14).

However, there are some irregularities that we need to remember.

• Number 11 in Sanskrit becomes ekā
• dva becomes dvā, but remains unchanged for
• Tri becomes triya and is unchanged for 83
• 16 is called sodāsa, whereas 96 is sadnvati
• Asta becomes astā in 18, 28 and 38.
• They are sometimes applied to numbers above than 200, however, it is not common.

एकादश
ekādaśa
11

षट्षष्टि
ṣaṭṣaṣṭi
66

sas becomes ṣaṭ by consonant reduction.

 त्र्यशीति
tryaśīti
83

त्रिविंशतिशत
triviṃśatiśata
123

Devanagari numbers

There are several proofs about Devanagari numbers being the origin of all English and as well as Arab numbers too.  These numbers can be traced back to 500 B.C. You can also see the similarities between them in the above examples.

One similarity regarding the numbers can be seen in the pattern regarding the counting of the numbers. For instance, almost everywhere today the numbers are counted in the groups of ten, the numbers 1- 9 are written separately and then rests of the numbers are adjoined in the groups of ten,  Tens of thousands of currency. However, it changes from culture to culture, for instance, earlier some cultures counted on the groups of sixty, so it depends upon the culture and society to give importance to which group of numbers.