Samavayangasuttam

SR No.: 006941
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ashok Kumar Singh
Publisher: B L Institute of Indology
Publication Year: 2012
Total Pages: 498
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English & agam_samvayang
File Size: 9 MB

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Samavāya eighty-four
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Fire-bodied
7 lacs Air-bodied
7 lacs Pratyeka plant kingdom
10 lacs Plant kingdom generic
14 lacs Two-sensed
2 lacs Three- sensed
2 lacs Four-sensed
2 lacs Infernal beings
4 lacs Deity
4 lacs Five sensed animal and birds 4 lacs Human being
14 lacs Total
84 lacs Ach. Mahāprajña opined that species of beings are innumerable but because of clubbing of those bearing similarity in colour, smell, taste, touch and structure the number is supposed to be 84 lacs. F. According to Jaina mathematics there are twenty-eight denominations of number units; e.g. 1. pūrvānga, 2. pūrva, 3. trutitānga, 4. truţita, 5. adadārga, 6. adada, 7. avānga, 8. avava, 9. hūhūkānga, 10. hūhūka, 11. utpalānga, 12. utpala, 13. padmānga, 14. padma, 15. nalinārga, 16. nalina, 17. arthanipurānga, 18. arthaṇipura, 19. ayutānga, 20. ayuta, 21. nayutānga, 22. nayuta, 23. prayutānga, 24. prayuta, 25. cūlikānga, 26. cūlikā, 27. Šīrsaprahelikānga, 28. šīrṣaprahelikā.
Eighty-four lac years make a pūrvānga. By multiplying a pūrvānga with eighty-four lac is derived a pūrva. Again, by multiplying a pūrva with eightyfour lac, a truţitānga is derived. All the number units up to śīrṣaprahelikā are derived through this process, i.e. by multiplying the with 84 lac the next number is derived. This highest unit sīrsaprahelikā has one hundred ninety four digits. For numbers beyond sīrsaprahelikā three denominations are used: numerable, innumerable and indefinite. In this aphorism, svasthāna connotes the earlier number and sthānāntara connotes the successive number unit.
Here, it is notable that Anuyogadvārasūtra furnishes the detailed