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98 DECLENSION [104-105a. The numbers intermediate between the decades 20-100are Dvandva compounds formed by prefixing the accentedunit to the decade ;e. g. asta-vimsati 28 ;6ka-trimsat 31 ;trayas-trimsat 33 ;nava-catvarimsat 49 ;nava-sasti 69 ;navasiti 89 ; panca-navati 95, san-navati 96, asta-navati98 ;6ka-satani 101, catuh-satam 104, trimsac-chatam 130.a. Intermediate numbers may also be expressed by adding togetherunit and decade with or without ca ; e.g. nava ea navatim ea nineiy andnine, navatim nava ninety-nine.P. In the TS. the number preceding a decade is also expressed by§kan nd, by one not = minus one ;thus ekan na vim^ati twenty less one= 19 ;ekan n^ catvarimsat 39 ;ekau ni. sasti 59 ;6kan nasiti 79 ;6kan ni, sat^m 99.h. There are two ways of forming multiples. The largernumber in the du. or pi. may be multiplied by the smallerused as an adjective ; e. g.dv6 sat6 200 ;sastim sahasra60,000 ;trini sata tri sahasrani trimsac ca nava ca 3,339.Otherwise the multiplier prefixed to the larger numberfoi'ms with it a possessive (adjective) compound accented one. g. trayastrimsat tri-satah sat-sahasrahthe last syllable ;6,338.a. Multiples of numbers below 100 are sometimes formed in these twoways ; e.g. navatir nava nine nineties = 810 ; tri-saptd 21, tri-nav^ 27.105 .Declension of Cardinals.Only the first four cardinals, like other adjectives,distinguish the genders. 6ka one, while inflected chiefly inthe s.,forms a pl.^ also in the sense of some ;dva two is ofcourse inflected in the dual only.1. 6ka is declined like the pronominal adjectives visva*A N. f. du, form of 6ka in the sense of a certain appearsyuvati (AV.) a cei'tain pair of maidens.in 6ke