Ganittilakam Savrtuttikam

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

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INTRODUCTION
(1) Pūrvānga, (2) Pūrva, (3) Nayutānga, (4) Nayuta, (5) Kumudānga, (6) Kumuda, (7) Padmānga, (8) Padma, (9) Nalinānga, (10) Nalina, (11) Kamalānga, (12) Kamala, (13) Tutyānga, (14) Tutya, (15) Atatānga, (16) Atata, (17) Amamānga, (18) Amama, (19) Hühüanga, (20) Hūhū, (21) Latānga, (22) Lată and (23) Mahālatā. Some names seem to be omitted in this printed edition. For, a Digambara work Trailokyadīpaka of which there is a MS. No. 603 of the Govt. Collection of 187576 deposited at the Bhandarkar O. R. Institute, we have the following names after Amama:
हहाहुहुअंग, हाहाहुहु, विद्युल्लतांग, विद्युल्लता, लतांग, लता, महालतांग, महालता, शीर्षप्रकंपित, हस्तप्रहेलिका and अचलात्मक.
In Abhidharmakos'a III, 94 of Vasubandhu we have que as the first word of this verse. While explaining it Tripitakācārya Rāhula Sāňkytyayana makes the following observation in his commentary Nalandikā by name:
__ "कल्पानां असंख्यत्रये साधनसंचयेन (पारमितापूर्त्या) बुद्धत्वं भवति । असंख्य-संख्या च दशोत्तरवृद्ध्या षष्ठि(ष्टि)स्थानं यावत्:
दश-शत-सहस्र-प्रभेद (१०,०००)-लक्षा-ऽतिलक्ष-कोटि-मध्या-ऽयुतमहायुत-नयुत-महानयुत-प्रयुत-महाप्रयुत-कंकर-महाकंकर-बिंबर-महाबिम्बराऽक्षोभ्य-महाक्षोभ्य -विवाह-म०-उत्संग-म०-वाहन-म०-टिटिभ-म०-हेतु-म०करभ०-म०-इन्द्र-म०-सम्पात (समाप्त)-म०-गति-म०-निम्बरजो-म०-मुद्रा-म०बल-म०-संज्ञा-म०-विभूत-म०-बलाक्ष-म०-असंख्येति । अत्र मध्येऽष्टौ स्थानानि पुरा विस्मृतानि । सर्वे षष्ठिः(ष्टिः) बिन्दवोऽपेक्ष्यन्ते ।"
Before another topic is taken up, I may say a few words about the Jaina way of writing the numerals. At present they are written as shown below:
१,२,३, ४, ५, ६,७,, ए. As early as the 4th century or so before the Christian era we find in several āgamas," a list of the names of 18 lipis (written characters). Herein are mentioned ankalipi and ganitalipi. Dr. B. Datta mentions that these two names suggest that the forms of numerals used for different purposes
1 See (1) Samavāya (XVIII), (2) Prajñāpanāsūtra (sūtra 37) of S'yāmācārya (376 A. V.), (3) Avas'yakaniryukti (Upodyhataniryukti) and (4) Maladharin Hemacandra's commentary to Vis'escras'yokabhäsya (v. 464).