Dear Jo and Jon,

Jo:

ko.ti (or crore): In India, a crore equals 10 million in English
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crore

sa.t.thi ca vassa-sata-sahassaani tisso ca vassa-ko.tiyo
sixty / and / year-hundred-thousands / three / and / year-crores

[1]
sa.t.thi vassa-sata-sahassaani = sixty hundred thousands of vassa
i.e. 6,000,000 (6M) years

[2]
tisso vassa-ko.tiyo = three crores of vassa
i.e. 30,000,000 (30M) years

[1+2]
6M + 30M = 36M
Hence, 36 million years.

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, dhamma_joti wrote:

So if there is anyone from this group who would be willing to have a
look at the Pali words/sentences and verify whether or not the English
translation about Sakka's lifespan(36.000.000 years) is correct, and
if possible with explanation on the Pali--how it can be 36.000.000
years--.

> > sakko sa.t.thi ca vassasatasahassaani tisso ca vassako.tiyo aayu.m
> > khepetvaa cavi, a~n~no sakko nibbati.