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**Appendix**
That which has no end, that which does not finish, is called infinite.
The distinctions between countable, uncountable, and infinite, and their explanations should be understood as follows:
There are three types of countable: **jghannya**, **madhyama**, and **utkrista**. 'One' is not a count. It is the nature of the object. Therefore, the count that begins with two is called counting, meaning there is one number, but the count begins with two, such as two, three, four, etc. In this count, two is called **jghannya sankhyata** and the numbers from three to one less than **utkrista** are called **madhyama sankhyata**.
The nature of **utkrista sankhyata** is as follows: Imagine three wells (**palyas**) with a circumference equal to the circumference of Jambudvipa. That is, the circumference of each **paly** is three lakh sixteen thousand two hundred twenty-seven yojanas, three kos, 128 dhanush, and slightly more than thirteen and a half angulas. Each has a length and width of one lakh yojanas. The depth is one thousand yojanas, and the height is equal to the vedika of Jambudvipa (eight yojanas). The names of these three **palyas** are **shalaka**, **prati-shalaka**, and **maha-shalaka**, respectively.
First, imagine filling the **shalaka paly** completely with mustard seeds. Then, imagine a person taking one seed and dropping it into Jambudvipa, one seed into the salt ocean, and so on, dropping one seed into each island and ocean. When the mustard seeds are exhausted in a particular island or ocean, a vast, uncountable **paly** is created. Then, fill this **paly** with mustard seeds and drop one seed into the **shalaka paly**, and then continue dropping seeds into the islands and oceans in the same way as before. In this way, imagine vast, uncountable **palyas**...