sahassa [sk. sahasra, see etym. under saŋ˚] a thousand, used as a singular with a noun in the plural, sahassaŋ vācā dh 100; satasahassaŋ vassāni j i.29; also in the plural after other numerals cattāri satasahassāni chaḷabhiññā bu ii.204=j i.29; also with the thing counted in the genitive, accharānaŋ sahassaŋ mhvs 17, 13; a i.227; or ˚ -- , as sahassa -- yakkha -- parivāra sna 209. in combination with other numerals, sahassa is sometimes inflected like an adjective, saṭṭhisahassā amaccā sixty thousand ministers j vi.484; satasahassiyo gāvo 100,000 cows sn 308; the thing counted then precedes in a compound jāti -- sahassaŋ 1,000 births d i.13; it 99; ghaṭa -- sahassam pi udakaŋ miln 189; sindhava -- sahasso ratho j vi.103; sahassaŋ sahassena a thousand times a thousand dh 103; sahassass' eva in thousands d ii.87. -- sahassaŋ (nt.) 1,000 gold pieces dh 106; j vi.484; miln 10; satasahassaŋ a hundred thousand j i.28; sahassa (adj.) (fem. ī) worth a thousand j v.484, 485; tha 72 (ap v.45, read sahassayo for ˚aso); epithet of brahmā, the b. of a thousand world systems m iii.101. cp. dasa -- sahassī.   -- akkha thousand -- eyed, the god sakka s i.229; j vi.203; sahassacakkhu the same j v.394, 407. -- aggha worth a thousand miln 284. -- āra having 1,000 spokes d ii.172. -- ṭṭhavikā a purse with 1,000 pieces (of money) vism 383; j i.506; dha ii.37; vva 33. -- netta thousand-eyed, the god sakka s i.226; sn 346; j iii.426; iv.313; v.408; vi.174; vv 3010; dha i.17. -- bāhu having a thousand arms, said of ajjuna j v.119, 135, 145 (˚ -- rājā); 267, 273; vi.201. -- bhaṇḍikā a heap of 1,000 pieces j ii.424; iii.60; iv.2. -- raŋsi the sun j i.183.