Text 30] Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation
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camūs tu pṛtanās tisraś caṁvas tisras tv anīkinī anīkinīṁ daśa-guṇām āhur akṣauhiṇīṁ budhāḥ
akṣauhiṇyas tu saṅkhyātā rathānāṁ dvija-sattamāḥ saṅkhyā-gaṇita-tattvajñaiḥ sahasrāṇy eka-viṁśati
śatāny upari cāṣṭau ca bhūyas tathā ca saptatiḥ gajānāṁ tu parīmāṇaṁ tāvad evātra nirdiśet
jñeyaṁ śata-sahasraṁ tu sahasrāṇi tathā nava narāṇām adhi pañcāśac chatāni trīṇi cānaghāḥ
pañca-ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi tathāśvānāṁ śatāni ca daśottarāṇi ṣaṭ cāhur yathāvad abhisaṅkhyayā etām akṣauhiṇīṁ prāhuḥ saṅkhyā-tattva-vido janāḥ
“One chariot, one elephant, five infantry soldiers and three horses are called a  patti  by those who are learned in the science. The wise also know that a  senāmukha  is three times what a  patti  is. Three  senāmukhas  are known as one  gulma , three  gulmas  are called a  gaṇa , and three  gaṇas  are called a  vāhinī . Three  vāhinīs  have been referred to by the learned as a  pṛtanā , three  pṛtanās  equal one  camū , and three  camūs  equal one  anīkinī . The wise refer to ten  anīkinīs  as one  akṣauhiṇī . The chariots of an  akṣauhiṇī  have been calculated at 21,870 by those who know the science of such calculations, O best of the twice-born, and the number of