Sanskrit grammar of numbers

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Dear list members,

 

In the Dharma Sindhu there is the sentence:

meSe sUryasaMkrAntau prAgUrdhvaM paJcadazapaJcadazaghaTikAH puNyakAlaH |

"The auspicious time is 15 ghatikas before and after the Mesha Samkranti."

 

Can that type of construction " prAgUrdhvaM paJcadazapaJcadaza. . . " be

used if the two numbers are different.

I.e. can you also write something like: prAgUrdhvaM paJcadazaSoDaza . .

..(15 before and 16 after . . .)

 

or do the two numbers have to be the same in this type of construction.

 

 

Thanks,

Harry

 

Harry Spier

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