akshauhini
अक्षौहिणी akṣauhiṇīA complete army division of chariots, elephants, cavalry and infantry in fixed proportion; eighteen akshauhinis fought at Kurukshetra, eleven for the Kauravas and seven for the Pandavas.
Where this term appears
- What Is Not Here Is Nowhere Treatise
The numbers in the poem are deliberately staggering: eighteen akshauhinis , vast divisions of chariots, elephants, horse and foot, eleven marshalled for the Kauravas and seven for the Pandavas.
- The Demon in the Fire Treatise
Hundreds of akshauhinis of demons - each akshauhini comprising 21,870 chariots, 21,870 elephants, 65,610 cavalry, and 109,350 infantry, the standard Mahabharata-era count - defended the city under Bhandasura’s …