# पञ्चपञ्चाशत्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পঞ্চপঞ্চাশত্ (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬜ᭄ᬘᬧᬜ᭄ᬘᬵᬰᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
* পঞ্চপঞ্চাশত্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰢𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰯𑰫𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀧𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀸𑀰𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ပဉ္စပဉ္စာၐတ် (Burmese script)
* પઞ્ચપઞ્ચાશત્ (Gujarati script)
* ਪਞ੍ਚਪਞ੍ਚਾਸ਼ਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌪𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌶𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦚ꧀ꦕꦥꦚ꧀ꦕꦴꦯꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂣𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂰𑂬𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಞ್ಚಪಞ್ಚಾಶತ್ (Kannada script)
* បញ្ចបញ្ចាឝត៑ (Khmer script)
* ປຎ຺ຈປຎ຺ຈາຨຕ຺ (Lao script)
* പഞ്ചപഞ്ചാശത് (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜᠠᢒᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘢𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘰𑘫𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᡛᢋᠠᢒᠠᡛᢋᠠᢗᠱᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧂𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧑𑧋𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐘𑑂𑐔𑐥𑐘𑑂𑐔𑐵𑐱𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
* ପଞ୍ଚପଞ୍ଚାଶତ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢛ꣄ꢗꢦꢛ꣄ꢗꢵꢯꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆚𑇀𑆖𑆥𑆚𑇀𑆖𑆳𑆯𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖢𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖯𑖫𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
* පඤ්‍චපඤ්‍චාශත් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩥 𑪙𑩡𑩰𑩥 𑪙𑩡𑩛𑩿𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚞𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚭𑚧𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
* பஞ்சபஞ்சாஶத் (Tamil script)
* పఞ్చపఞ్చాశత్ (Telugu script)
* ปญฺจปญฺจาศตฺ (Thai script)
* པ་ཉྩ་པ་ཉྩཱ་ཤ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒘𑓂𑒔𑒣𑒘𑓂𑒔𑒰𑒬𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨞𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨊𑨮𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From पञ्च (pañca, combining form of पञ्च॑न् (páñcan, “five”)) +‎ प॒ञ्चा॒शत् (pañcāśát, “fifty”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɐ́ɲ.t͡ɕɐ.pɐɲ.t͡ɕɑː.ɕɐt/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /pɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ.pɐɲ.t͡ɕɑː.ɕɐt̪/

### Numeral

पञ्चपञ्चाशत् • (páñcapañcāśat)
* fifty-five
** c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 13.5.4.11:एतद् विष्णोः क्रान्तं तेन हैतेन भरतो दौःषन्तिरीजे तेनेष्ट्वेमां व्यष्टिं व्यानशे येयं भरतानां तद् एतद् गाथयाभिगीतम् अष्टासप्ततिं भरतो दौःष्यन्तिर् यमुनाम् अनु गङ्गायां वृत्रघ्ने ऽबध्नात् पञ्चपञ्चाशतं हयान् इतिetad viṣṇoḥ krāntaṃ tena haitena bharato dauḥṣantirīje teneṣṭvemāṃ vyaṣṭiṃ vyānaśe yeyaṃ bharatānāṃ tad etad gāthayābhigītam aṣṭāsaptatiṃ bharato dauḥṣyantir yamunām anu gaṅgāyāṃ vṛtraghne ʼbadhnāt pañcapañcāśataṃ hayān itiSuchlike is Vishnu's striding, it was therewith that Bharata Dauhshanti once performed worship-ritual, and attained that wide sway which now belongs to the Bharatas: it is of this that the Gäthā sings: "Seventy-eight horses did Bharata Dauhshanti bind for the Vritra-slayer on the Yamunā, and fifty-five near the Gaṅgā".

#### Descendants

* Central Indo-Aryan:
** Hindustani: pacpan
    Hindi: पचपन
    Urdu: پچپن
* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: pönċawanzāh
    Arabic script: پانٛژٕ وَنٛزاہ, پٲنٛژٕ وَنٛزاہ
    Devanagari script: पा॑न्च़वन्ज़ाह्
* Eastern Indo-Aryan:
** Assamese: পঁচপন (põsopon), পঁচপন্ন (põsoponno)
* Insular Indo-Aryan:
** Sinhalese: පස්පනස (paspanasa)
* Northern Indo-Aryan:
** Nepali: पचपन्न (pacapanna)
* Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
** Saraiki: [script needed] (pacvañja)
** Sindhi: [script needed] (pañjvañjāha)
* Pali: pañcapaññāsa
* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀁𑀘𑀸𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡 (paṃcāvaṇṇa)
** Eastern Indo-Aryan:
*** Bengali: পঞ্চান্ন (poncanno)
*** Odia: ପଞ୍ଚାବନ (pañcābana)
** Insular Indo-Aryan:
*** Dhivehi: ފަންސަވަންނަ (fan̊savan̊na)
** Southern Indo-Aryan:
*** Konkani: पंचावन (pañcāvan)
*** Marathi: पंचावन्न (pañcāvanna)
** Western Indo-Aryan:
*** Gujarati: પંચાવન (pañcāvan)
* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡 (paṇṇavaṇṇa), 𑀧𑀡𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡 (paṇavaṇṇa), 𑀧𑀡𑀧𑀦𑁆𑀦 (paṇapanna)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पञ्चपञ्चाशत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0576, column 2.