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viewed as involving the idea or relation of unity, they being still a century, a chiliad, a myriad, a million &c., it denotes an increase to the amount of a fourth of that aggregate or collective number. Ex. सवा चार, सवा आठ, सवा बारा, Four and a quarter, eight and a quarter &c., and सवा शें, सवा हजार, सवा लाख, A hundred and twenty-five, Twelve hundred and fifty &c.
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