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Akshauhinee

Old measurement of armies. In Mahaabhaarat, Kaurav had 11 Akshauhinee army and Paandav had 7 Akshauhinee army. According to Mahaabhaarat its calculation is given like this -
21,870 Chariots,
21,870 Elephants,
109,350 Foot soldiers, and
65,610 Horses         all these make up 1 Akshauhinee army.
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The following table has been copied from Agni Puraan, ch 366, p 804. In this table, various sections of an army are given with the numbers of horses, elephants and foot soldiers etc.

Army Patti Senaamukh Gulm Gan Vaahinee Pootanaa Chamoo Aneekinee Akshauhinee
Elephants & Chariots each 1 3 9 27 81 243 729 2,187 21,870 - Elephants
21,870 - Chariots
Chariots 1 3 9 27 81 243 729 2,187 21,870 - Chariots
Horses 3 9 27 81 243 729 2,187 6,561 65,610 - Horses
Foot Soldiers 5 15 45 135 405 1,215 3,645 10,935 109,350 - Foot Soldiers
Total 10 30 90 270 810 2,430 7,290 21,870 131,220

It explains - "Chakra" and "Aneek" are the synonyms of Senaa (army).

In whichever army there are 1 elephant, 1 chariot, 3 horses and 5 foot soldiers, that is called Patti.
By multiplying Patti's all parts 3 times comes "Senaamukh", the multiplying Senaamukh 3 times comes Gulm and so on, up to Aneekinee. After that one has to multiply Aneekinee by 10. And thus 10 "Anikinee" army makes up 1 Akshauhinee army.

[In this Table a separate section was not made originally for Chariots, that is why it creates confusion. I have created that section - the 2nd Row, just for convenience, which coincides all numbers with MBH numbers. One may overlook it as this row is already included in th first row - with Elephants ]

 

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Updated on 01/10/12