Ganittilakam Savrtuttikam

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

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INTRODUCTION
The Purva as well as each one of the succeeding notational places up to Sirṣaprahelikā is 84 lacs times the immediately preceeding one, S'irṣaprahelikā being hence equal to (84 lacs) years. This is suggested in the following karaṇagāthā quoted in this very commentary on p. 87:
"इच्छियठाणेण गुणं पणसुन्नं चउरसीतिगुणितं च । काऊ तइवारे पुढगाईण मुण संखं ॥ ""
This subject about notational places is treated by Umāsvāti, too, in his svopajña bhāṣya of Tattvārthādhigamasutra (IV, 15, p. 292). He mentions there the names as under:
(1) Ayuta, (2) Kamala, (3) Nalina, (4) Kumuda, (5) Tutya, (6) Aḍada, (7) Avava, (8) Haha, and (9) Huhu. It may be noted that this enumeration of these notational places does not tally with the one mentioned above.
This discordance is noted by Siddhasena Gani while com. menting upon this bhasya. There he makes two observations on pp. 293-294) as under:
(1) This is not the order as found in the Agamas like Suryaprajnapti.
(2) It only refers to a few notational places, the complete list being as under:
(1) Tutyanga, (2) Tutika, (3) Aḍaḍanga, (4) Adada, (5) Ava. vanga, (6) Avava, (7) Hülvanga, (8) Huhuka, (9) Utpalanga, (10) Utpala, (11) Padmanga, (12) Padma, (13) Nalinanga, (14) Nalina, (15) Arthaniyūrānga, (16) Arthaniyūra, (17) Culikānga, (18) Culika, (19) S'irṣaprahelikanga and (20) S'irṣaprahelika. From this list it appears that either some names have been left out in the Mss. utilized by me for the printed edition or that Siddhasena Gani has dropped six names from Ayuta to Prayuta.
Jyotiskarandaka strikes altogether a different note in
1 This remark is made in Samavaya as under:
“ पुण्वाइयाणं सीसपहेलियापज्जवलाणाणं सद्वाणद्वातराणं चोरासीए गुणकारे ५०"
2 Sanskrit rendering:
च्छितस्थानेन गुण्यं शून्यपञ्चकं चतुरशीतिगुणितं च । guar aftarcıq qafardai antife agent