Ganittilakam Savrtuttikam

Author(s): Hiralal R Kapadia
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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INTRODUCTION
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(crore), (9) Das'akoți (ten crore), (10) S'atakoti (hundred crore), (11) Arbuda (thousand crore), (12) Nyarbuda (ten thousand crore), (13) Kharva (billion), (14) Mahākharva, (15) Padma, (16) Mahāpadma, (17) Ksoni, (18) Mahākṣoni, (19) Sankha (million billion), (20) Mahās'aikha (trillion), (21) Kșitī, (22) Mahākṣiti, (23) K’sobha and (24) Mahākṣobha (10%).
If we however refer to Sthânānga (II, 4, 95), Jambūdvi. paprajñapti (sūtra 18), Sūryaprajñapti ( ), Anuyogadvāra (sūtra 137), Jivasamūsa (v. 113-115) etc., we find names for some of the notational places' up to the 194th as under:
(1) Puvvaiga (Pūrvānga), (2) Puvva (Pūrva), (3) Tudiyanga (Truţitānga), (4) Tudiya (Truţita), (5) Adadanga (Adaļānga), (6) Adada (Adaļa), (7) Avavanga (Avavānga), (8) Avava (Avava), (9) Huhuanga (Huhukānga), (10) Huhua (Huhuka), (11) Uppalanga (Utpalānga), (12) Uppala (Utpala), (13) Paumanga (Padmānga), (14) Pauma (Padma), (15) Naliñanga (Nalinānga), (16) Nalina (Nalina), (17) Acchanuranga (Arthanipurănga), (18) Acchaniura (Arthanipura), (19) Ayuarga (Ayutānga), (20) Ayua (Ayuta), (21) Nayuanga (Nayutānga), (22) Nayua (Nayuta), (23) Payutanga (Prayutānga), (24) Payuta (Prayuta), (25) Cūliyanga (Cūlikānga), (26) Cūliya (Cūlika), (27) Sīsapaheliyanga (S'īrşaprahelikānga) and (28) Sīsapaheliyā (S'irşaprahelikā).
Here Pūrva stands for 75600000000000 years. This is indicated in the following verse quoted by Abhayadeva Sūri in his commentary (p. 87“) to Sthânānga (s. 95):
"पुव्वस्स उ परिमाणं सयरिं खलु होति कोडिलक्खाओ। छप्पन्नं च सहस्सा बोद्धव्वा वासकोडीणं ॥13
1 Strictly speaking, these are names for different measures for a number of years.
2 While commenting upon Samavaya (sūtra 84), Abhayadeva Sūri quotes the following verses :
"पुन्वतुडियाडडाववहु हूय तह उप्पले य पउमे य। नलिणच्छिनिउर अउए नउए पउए य नायब्यो ॥१॥ चूलिय सीसपहेलिय चोइस नामा उ अंगसंजुत्ता।
अठ्ठाविसं ठाणा चउणउयं होइ ठाणसयं ॥२॥" 3 Sanskrit rendering :--
पूर्वस्य तु परिमाणं सप्ततिः खलु भवन्ति कोटिलक्षाः । पटपञ्चाशच सहस्राणि बोद्धव्यानि वर्पकोटीनाम् ॥