n. (rarely m.; ifc. f (I).) a hundred (used with other numerals thus, ekādhikaṃ śatam, or eka-ś, a h hundred + one, 101 viṃśaty-adhikaṃ śatam or viṃśaṃ ś, a h hundred + twenty, 120; śate or dve śate or dvi-śatam or śata-dvayam, 200; trīṇi śatāni or tri-śatāni... n. any very large number (in comp. as śata-pattra &c below). [ cf. Gk. ἑ-κατόν one hundred; Lat. centum; Lith. sṣmtas; Got. (twa) hunda; Germ. hund-ert;...