Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
[ūhaḥ samūhaḥ saṃvikalpajñānaṃ vā so'syāmasti ini, akṣāṇāṃ rathānāṃ sarveṣāmiṃ- driyāṇāṃ vā ūhinī; ṇatvaṃ vṛddhiśca P. VI. 1. 89 Vārt.] A large army consisting of 21870 chariots, as many elephants, 65610 horse, and 109350 foot.
Source entryMonier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. an army consisting of ten ani1kini1s anIkinI s, or 21870 elephants, 21870 chariots, 65610 horse, and 109350 foot. (Since an Ani1kini1 anīkinī consists of 27 va1hini1s vAhinI s, and 27 is the cube of 3, akṣauhiṇī may be a compound of 2. akṣa and vāhinī; or...
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