Chapter 28 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 28.16

शतं शङ्कुसहस्राणां महाशङ्कुरिति स्मृतः। महाशङ्कुसहस्राणां शतं वृन्दमिहोच्यते॥

śataṃ śaṅkusahasrāṇāṃ mahāśaṅkuriti smṛtaḥ| mahāśaṅkusahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ vṛndamihocyate||

English Meaning

An hundred of a thousand Sanku is known as a mahācanku. An hundred of a thousand Mahācanku is here termed a Vrinda.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)