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saptan

saptán sg. and pl. (nom. acc. saptá; instr. °tábhis; dat. abl. °tábhyas; gen. °tānā́m loc. °tásu) seven (a favourite number with the Hindūs, and regarded as sacred, often used to express an indefinite plurality [in the same manner as ‘three’, by which it is sometimes multiplied] ; hence 7 Mātṛs, 7 streams, 7 oceans, 7 cities [[RV. i, 63, 7]], 7 divisions of the world, 7 ranges of mountains, 7 Ṛṣis, 7 Vipras [[RV. i, 62, 4]], 7 Ādityas, 7 Dānavas, 7 horses of the Sun, 7 flames of fire, 7 Yonis of fire, 7 steps round the fire at marriage, 7 Samidhs, 7 tones, 7 sacrificial rites, 7 Maryādās, thrice 7 Padāni or mystical steps to heaven [[RV. i, 72, 6]], thrice 7 cows &c.), [RV.] &c.;

[cf. Zend hapta; Gk. ἑπτά; Lat. septem; Lith. septynì; Slav. sedmǐ; Goth. sibun; Germ. sieben; Eng. seven.]