A History of Assam c25.3

c25.3

The *lāklis*, or years in the cycle, are named, not numbered, and the names are formed by compounding words of two series, the former containing ten and the latter twelve words. The first word in the *tāosinga* is denoted by the combination of the first word of each series, and the tenth, by that of the tenth word of each; in the eleventh year the denary series is exhausted, so that year is denoted by the combination of the first word of the denary series and the eleventh word of the duodenary, the twelfth by the second word of the denary and the twelfth word of the duodenary, the thirteenth by the third word of the denary and the first word of the duodenary, and so on.