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--374 ) STANDARD THROUGH SÍMILES (OVAMIA) 133 the circumference), it is three times (of one joyaņa, that is, three joyaņas) and extra-plus. That store is completely filled ('filled up to the ear'), made tight and packed with many kotis (one koți=1,00,00,000) of hairtips grown in one day, two days, three days,... up to seven days in the maximum. The fire cannot burn, the wind cannot blow away nor putrefy, nor damage nor can quickly make these hair-tips emit bad smell. Now, the time required for taking out these hair-tips one by one at each instant till the store becomes empty, free from dust (of hair-tips), without defilement (of hair-tips) and clean (gives an idea of the practical 'number').
This (that is, the number of time-instants required for emptying the store) is the practical number (indicated by standard) through the simile of emptying a store. (Here, runs a verse):
(The number) which is (equal to) 'ten times of kodakođi' (10x 1014) of (the number indicated by) such stores is the measure (parimaņa) of the practical (number indicated by standard) through the simile of emptying an ocean (uddhārasāgarovama) //1071/
373. What is the purpose of the practical (number indicated by standard) through the simile of emptying a store and the practical number indicated by standard) through the simile of emptying an ocean? Of the practical number indicated by standard) through the simile of emptying a store and the practical (number indicated by standard) through the simile of emptying an ocean, there is no purpose; (it is) explained only for the (general) explanation (of its definition).
This is the practical (number indicated by standard) through the simile of emptying of a store.
374. Then what is the conceptual (number indicated by standard) through the simile of emptying a sotre ? The conceptual (number indicated by standard) through the simile of emptying a store is (as (follows) :
(Suppose) there is a particular (circular) store, which is (by ussehamgula) one joyana in length and breadth and one joyaņa in depth. As regards its surrounding wall (parikkheva, that is, circumference) it is three times (of one joyana, that is, three joyanas) and extra-plus. That store is completely filled, made tight, and packed with many kotis of hair-tips grown in one day, two days, three days,...up to seven days
1. The purpose of explaining the practical paliovama and sāgarovama is to give a
general idea of such big numbers, so that the learner may easily understand still bigg er numbers indicated by conceptual paliovama and sāgarovama.
