This article deals with how should one address the figures in the Sanskrit language. Look at the table below to get acquainted with the 1 to 100 counting in Sanskrit language.
The table is given below deals with numbers 1 to 20 counting in the Sanskrit language.
| Sanskrit | English |
| EKAM | One |
| DVE | Two |
| TRINI | Three |
| CHATWAARI | Four |
| PANCHA | Five |
| SHAT | Six |
| SAAPT | Seven |
| ASHTA | Eight |
| NAAV | Nine |
| DAASH | Ten |
| EKAADASH | Eleven |
| DVADAASH | Twelve |
| TRAYODAASH | Thirteen |
| CHATURDAASH | Fourteen |
| PANCHDAASHA | Fifteen |
| SHODASH | Sixteen |
| SAPTADASHA | Seventeen |
| ASHTADAASHA | Eighteen |
| NAVADASHA | Nineteen |
| VIMSHATIHI | Twenty. |
Now, as you all must have noticed that just like the other words, the words describing a particular number is also formed from infections.
The suffix “Daash” is notable in the numbers from eleven to nineteen. Now we shall deal with numbers from twenty-one to forty in the table given below.
| Sanskrit | English |
| EKAMVISHATIHI | Twenty-one |
| DVAVIMSHATIHI | Twenty-two |
| TRAYOVIMSHATIHI | Twenty-three |
| CHATURVIMSHATIHI | Twenty-four |
| PANCHVIMSHATHI | Twenty-five |
| SHADVIMSHATIHI | Twenty-six |
| SAPTVIMSHATIHI | Twenty-seven |
| ASHTVIMSHATIHI | Twenty-eight |
| NAVVIMSHATIHI | Twenty-nine |
| TRIMSHAT | Thirty |
| EKTRIMSHAT | Thirty-one |
| DVATRIMSHAT | Thirty-two |
| TRAYATRIMSHAT | Thirty-three |
| CHATURTRIMSHAT | Thirty-four |
| PADMATRIMSHAT | Thirty-five |
| SHATTRIMSHAT | Thirty-six |
| SAPTTRIMSHAT | Thirty-seven |
| ASHTATRIMSHAT | Thirty-eight |
| NAVATRIMSHAT | Thirty-nine |
| CHATVAARIMSHAT | Forty |
We shall again look at the inflections,it can be noticed that in any set of numbers, word initials are a repetition of the words used in numbers from one to ten, and the words which occur word-finally are a repetition of the number from which that particular set begins. This can be understood with an example given below:
Vimshatihi means twenty, note that all the words signifying the numbers twenty one to twenty nine will have the “vimshatihi” as word final. A similar thing can also be noticed about the words signifying the set of thirty-one to thirty nine.
Now we shall look at the numbers from forty-one to number sixty in the table given below.
| Sanskrit | English
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| EKACHATVAARIMSHAT | Forty-one |
| DVICHATVAARIMSHAT | Forty-two |
| TRICHATVAARIMSHAT | Forty-three |
| CHATUSHCHATVAARIMSHAT | Forty-four |
| PANCHCHATVARAARIMSHAT | Forty-five |
| SHAATCHATVAARISMSHAT | Forty-six |
| SAPTACHATVAARIMSHAT | Forty-seven |
| ASHTACHATVAARIMSHAT | Forty-eight |
| NAAVACHATVAARIMSHAT | Forty-nine |
| PAANCHAASHAT | Fifty |
| EKPANCHAASHAT | Fifty-one |
| DVIPANCHAASHAT | Fifty-two |
| TRIPANCHAASHAT | Fifty-three |
| CHATUHUPANCHAASHAT | Fifty-four |
| PANCHAPANCHAASHAT | Fifty-five |
| SHATPANCHAASHAT | Fifty-six |
| SAPTAPANCHASHAAT | Fifty-seven |
| ASHTAPANCHAASHAT | Fifty-eight |
| NAAVAPANCHAASHAT | Fifty-nine |
| SHATTIHI | Sixty. |
Similar patterns continue, now we look at numbers from sixty to 100 on the next page.
| Sanskrit | English |
| EKAASHTIHI | Sixty-one |
| DVYSHTIHI | Sixty-two |
| TRYSHTIHI | Sixty-three |
| CHATURAASHTIHI | Sixty-four |
| PANCHAASHTIHI | Sixty-five |
| SHADASHTIHI | Sixty-six |
| SAPTASHTIHI | Sixty-seven |
| ASHTASHTIHI | Sixty-eight |
| NAVAASHTIHI | Sixty-nine |
| SAPTATIHI | Seventy |
| EKASAPTATIHI | Seventy-one |
| DVISAPTATIHI | Seventy-two |
| TRISAPTATIHI | Seventy-three |
| CHATUHUSAPTATIHI | Seventy-four |
| PANCHASAPTATIHI | Seventy-five |
| SHATSAPTATIHI | Seventy-six |
| SAPTASAPTATIHI | Seventy-seven |
| ASHTASAPTATIHI | Seventy-eight |
| NAVASAPTATIHI | Seventy-nine |
| ASHEETIHI | Eighty |
| EKAASHEETIHI | Eighty-one |
| DVYSHEETIHI | Eighty-two |
| TRYASHEETIHI | Eighty-three |
| CHATURASHEETIHI | Eighty-four |
| PANCHAASHEETIHI | Eighty-five |
| SHADASHEETIHI | Eighty-six |
| SAPTAASHEETIHI | Eighty-seven |
| ASHTAASHEETIHI | Eighty-eight |
| NAVASHEETIHI | Eighty-nine |
| NAVATIHI | Ninety |
| EKANAVATIHI | Ninety-one |
| DVINAVATIHI | Ninety-two |
| TRINAVATIHI | Ninety-three |
| CHATURNAVATIHI | Ninety-four |
| PANCHANAVATIHI | Ninety-five |
| SHANNAVATIHI | Ninety-six |
| SAPTANAVATIHI | Ninety-seven |
| ASHTANAVATIHI | Ninety-eight |
| NAVANAVATIHI | Ninety-nine |
| SHATAM | Hundred |
It is important to note that as we move further, different inflections keep on being added to the word that signifies the numbers.
