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CC Antya 9.57

সংখ্যা লাগি’ দুই-হাতে অঙ্গুলীতে লেখা ।
সহস্রাদি পূর্ণ হৈলে, অঙ্গে কাটে রেখা ।।” ৫৭ ।। ॥ ৫৭ ॥
saṅkhyā lāgi’ dui-hāte aṅgulīte lekhā
sahasrādi pūrṇa haile, aṅge kāṭe rekhā”

Synonyms

saṅkhyā lāgi’for counting; dui-hātein two hands; aṅgulīteon the fingers; lekhāmarking; sahasra-ādione thousand times; pūrṇa hailewhen finished; aṅgeon the body; kāṭe rekhāmakes a mark.

Translation

“He counted the chants on the fingers of both hands, and after he had finished chanting one thousand times, he would make a mark on his body.”