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half of the 6th century C.E.), and to write years, as did Gunabhadra (9th century) in his Uttarapurana 73,76 kha-catuska-dvi-varṣânte *after twenty-thousand' (two with a tetrad of zeros) years, or Manoharlal Śastri (20st century) in his preface, p. 8 vs 5, to Vädirāja's Pārsvanathacarita composed in Śaka 947 that is naga(7)-vārdhi(4)-randhra(9)-gamana-samvatsare "in the year that consists of mountain, ocean & opening in the body' read from right to left.
Below a list of Sanskrit nouns attested in Monier Williams as used instead of numbers is given. Items omitted in MW have been incorporated from Filliozat's list with a superior plus sign (*), from Kane's list with an asterisk (*). As a rule, there seems to be no relationship between non-synonyms associated with the same number, as, e.g., the earth, the hook and the kali die which all denote the number one.
akṣa (die) 5
aksi (eye) 2
anka (hook) 1 or 9 aga () 7
agni (fire) 2
atidhṛti* (metre of 4x19 syllables) 19
atyasti (metre of 4x17 syllables) 17
Atridṛg-ja, Atri-netra-prabhava, Atri-netra-(pra)sūta
(moon) 1
adri (mountain) 7
an-anta+ (heaven, space) 0
an-antā (earth) 1
anala (fire) 3
anila (wind) 49
anustubh (metre of 4x8 syllables) 8
antarikṣa+ (heaven, space) 0
antya (last') 1.000 billions abja+ (moon) 1
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