Cardinal Numbers (Guṇa–saṅkhyā)
Numbers are often used as adjectives and agree with the noun they qualify. The first four numbers (1–4) decline according to gender, while numbers 5–10 are indeclinable.
Eko (m.) – Ekā (f.) – Ekaṃ (n.) – one
Dve (m./f./n.) – two
Tayo (m.) – Tisso (f.) – Tīṇi (n.) – three
Cattāro (m.) – Catasso (f.) – Cattāri (n.) – four
Pañca – five
Cha – six
Satta – seven
Aṭṭha – eight
Nava – nine
Dasa – ten
Ordinal Numbers (Anukrama–saṅkhyā)
Ordinal numbers behave like adjectives and decline by gender and number:
Paṭhamo (m.), Paṭhamā (f.), Paṭhamaṃ (n.) – first
Dutiyo, Dutiyā, Dutiyaṃ – second
Tatiyo, Tatiyā, Tatiyaṃ – third
Catuttho, Catutthī, Catutthaṃ – fourth
Pañcamo, Pañcamī, Pañcamaṃ – fifth
Chaṭṭho, Chaṭṭhī, Chaṭṭhaṃ – sixth
Sattamo, Sattamī, Sattamaṃ – seventh
Aṭṭhamo, Aṭṭhamī, Aṭṭhamaṃ – eighth
Navamo, Navamī, Navamaṃ – ninth
Dasamo, Dasamī, Dasamaṃ – tenth
