Pali sahassa (16)
According to Davids and Stede’s Pali-English Dictionary, Pali word sahassa refers to “a thousand.” It is linguistically related to Sanskrit sahasra. However, it traces its origin to the Tamil root āyiram through the transformation of āyiram > sahásra > sahassa. The following words, related to Pali sahassa, also originate from Tamil āyiram.
sahassaṁ, 1,000 gold pieces. satasahassaṁ, a hundred thousand. sahassī, worth a thousand. sahassa-akkha, thousand-eyed, the god Sakka. sahassa-aggha, worth a thousand. sahassa-āra, having 1,000 spokes. sahassa-ṭṭhavikā, a purse with 1,000 pieces (of money). sahassa-bāhu, having a thousand arms, said of Ajjuna. sahassa-bhaṇḍikā, a heap of 1,000 pieces. sahassa-raṁsi, the sun. sahassadhā, in a thousand ways. sahassika, thousand-fold. sahassī-lokadhātu, a thousand-fold world, a world system. sata-sahassa, one hundred thousand. sata-sahassima, one hundred thousand.”