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Weights and Measures - 2: Length and Time Units
Basis
2
1. A. D. S.
2. J. K.
3. T. P.
4. R. V.
5. J. D. P.
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Last Name
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Numerable Time
8428x10140 8436x10180 8431x1090 8426x10130 8431x10165
84x105
84x105
84&84x105 84x105
Table 8: Details of H. N. T. in various references.
Reference
Numerical
Value
Acalātmā
Mahālatā
Acalātmā
Širṣaprahelikā 8428x10140
8436x10180
8431x1090
8426x10130
8431x10165
50│
T
28
36
31
26
31
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Innumerable or Asankhyāta Time Units (I. T. U. )
Besides the above small or large numerable time units, Jainology has also postulated innumerable time units larger than H. N. T. Actually, the name of these units suggests that they could not be counted but they have their values which in every case should be larger than H. N. T. These time units are expressed in simile measures and have two types - Palyopama and Sāgaropama. They are related to each other by a factor of 1014. Each of these units is further divided into three classes as shown below in Table 9. It seems there is some difference in A. D. S., T. P. and R. V. regarding these classes.
The definition of Palyopama is too complex and mathematical to be given here but many scholars have calculated the values of its various classes in both the traditions20. The
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