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This quantity can only be counted by numbers. This is the subject of avadhi-jnana (limited knowledge). The infinite quantity is the subject of kevala-jnana (omniscience) of the Omniscient, which no one else can know.
Chhakkhandagama
Among these, there are three types of numbers - jāghanya (minimum), madhyama (medium), and utkrṣṭa (maximum). Although the origin of counting is considered to be one, it only indicates the existence of the substance, not the distinction. The indication of distinction begins from two, therefore, two is considered the origin of number. Because neither adding one to one nor multiplying one by one causes any loss or increase in the number. Thus, the jāghanya number is two. By subtracting one from the jāghanya parita-saṃkhyāta, the measure of the utkrṣṭa number is obtained. All the numbers found between the jāghanya and utkrṣṭa should be known as the madhyama saṃkhyāta.
There are three types of asaṃkhyāta - parita-saṃkhyāta, yukta-saṃkhyāta, and asaṃkhyātā-saṃkhyāta. All three of these have three types each - jāghanya, madhyama, and utkrṣṭa. To know the measure of the jāghanya parita-saṃkhyāta, one should refer to the procedure described in Trilokasāra, verses 14 to 35, of creating four mahākuḍas named anavastā, śalākā, pratiśalākā, and mahāśalākā, filling them with mustard seeds, and then emptying and refilling them. By subtracting one from the jāghanya yukta-saṃkhyāta mentioned later, the measure of the utkrṣṭa parita-saṃkhyāta is obtained. All the numbers found between the jāghanya and utkrṣṭa parita-saṃkhyāta should be known as the madhyama parita-saṃkhyāta.
By squaring and cubing the jāghanya parita-saṃkhyāta, the measure of the jāghanya yukta-saṃkhyāta is obtained. By subtracting one from the jāghanya asaṃkhyātā-saṃkhyāta mentioned later, the measure of the utkrṣṭa yukta-saṃkhyāta is obtained. All the numbers found between the two should be known as the madhyama yukta-saṃkhyāta. By squaring the jāghanya yukta-saṃkhyāta, the measure of the jāghanya asaṃkhyātā-saṃkhyāta is obtained. By subtracting one from the jāghanya paritānanta mentioned later, the measure of the utkrṣṭa asaṃkhyātā-saṃkhyāta is obtained. The numbers found between the two should be known as the madhyama asaṃkhyātā-saṃkhyāta.
By cubing the jāghanya asaṃkhyātā-saṃkhyāta three times, the resulting quantity should be added with the number of pradeśas (spatial units) of dharma-dravya, adharma-dravya, one jīva, and lokākāśa, as well as the measure of the apratiṣṭhita and sapratiṣṭhita vanaspati, and then the resulting quantity should be cubed three times again. The resulting quantity should include the measure of the kalpakāla (cosmic time period), sthiti-bandha-adhyavasāya-sthānas (stages of duration-karma bondage), anubhāga-bandha-adhyavasāya-sthānas (stages of fruition-karma bondage), and the measure of the utkriṣṭa avibhāga-praticchedas (indivisible units) of yoga, and this final quantity is called the jāghanya paritānanta.