saptan

[apte] num. a. (always pl.; sapta nom. and acc.) Seven. --Comp. --aṃśuḥ N. of Agni. --aṃśupuṃgavaḥ the planet Saturn. --aṃga a. see saptapra- kṛti below. --ārcis a. 1. having seven tongues or flames. --2. evil- eyed, of inauspicious look. (--m.) 1. N. of fire. --2. of Saturn. --3. the Citraka plant. --aśītiḥ f. eighty-seven. --aśraṃ a heptagon. --aśvaḥ the sun. ºvāhanaḥ the sun. --ahaḥ seven days, i. e. a week. --ātman m....

[mw] sg. and pl. (nom. acc. sapt/a; instr. t/abhis; dat. abl. t/abhyas; gen. tān/ām loc. t/asu) seven (a favourite number with the Hindu1s Hindus, and regarded as sacred, often used to express an indefinite plurality [ in the same manner as three, by which it is... ifc. (cf. tri-ṣapt/a, tri-sapt/a) and in comp. for sapt/an, seven 1149,2 232432 mfn. = tam/a L. 1149,2 232432.1 m. N. of Vishn2u viṣṇu Vishn2. iii, 44 (where...