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AṆUOGADDĀRAIM
[ SUTTAS 203
203 [1]. Then what is the serial of proclamation ? The serial of proclamation is stated to be threefold, viz.
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(i) the serial from the first, (ii) the serial from the last,
(iii) the non-serial.
203 [2]. Then what is the serial from the first ? The serial from the first is (as follows, which gives the names of the twentyfour Tirthankaras): (i) Usabha, (ii) Ajia, (iii) Sambhava, (iv) Abhinamdana, (v) Sumati, (vi) Paumappabha, (vii) Supāsa, (viii) Candappaha, (ix) Suvihi, (x) Sitala, (xi) Sejjamsa, (xii) Vasupujja, (xiii) Vimala (xiv) Ananta, (xv) Dhamma, (xvi) Santi, (xvii) Kumthu (xviii) Ara, (xix) Malli, (xx) Munisuvvaa, (xxi) Nami, (xxii) Aritṭhanemi, (xxiii) Pasa, and (xxiv) Vaddhamana
This is the serial from the first.
203 [3]. Then what is the serial from the last The serial from the last is (as follows, which is the reverse of the above); (xxiv) Vaddhamana, (xxiii) Pasa...up to... (i) Usabha.
This is the serial from the last.
203 [4]. Then what is the non-serial ? The non-serial (in the above case is obtained by) deducting 2 (two) from (the total number of the permutations of) the series of the collection of twentyfour, (the total number of permutations being obtained) by the mutual multiplication of the consecutive numbers beginning from 1 (one) (and ending in twenty-four).
This is the non-serial. This is the serial of proclamation (of names of twenty-four Tirthankaras).
204 [1]. Then what is the serial of counting ?2 The serial of counting is stated to be threefold, viz.
(i) the serial from the first, (ii) the serial from the last, (iii) the non-serial.
204 [2]. Then what what is the serial from the first? The serial from the first is (as follows):
Ega (one), dasa (ten), saya (hundred), sahassa (thousand), dasasahassa (ten thousand), sayasahassa (hundred thousand), dasasayasahassa (ten hundred thousand), kodi (ten thousand thousand), dasakoḍi (ten koti), koḍisaya (hundred koti), and dasakoḍisaya (thousand koti).
1. Vide supra, sutra No. 93.
2. Vide supra, sutra No.93.
