Ganittilakam Savrtuttikam

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

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XXVIII
INTRODUCTION
shedding is less.in every succeeding instant is called chāyā. In the above example it is found as follows :
We find the first term of the series and divide it by nis'e. kahāra (here 16). The first term is found as follows:Gunahāni molecules x 4
3200 x 4, 3200 x 4 3x Gunahāni āyāmas+l.
1. Here the 1st 1
mm(3x8)+1 25=512, let term 512 512 ..chāya=Guņahāni āyāma2x8-16-32.
That is, in the ist 8 samayas of the ist gunahāni, the number of molecules shed will be respectively 512, 480, 448, 384, 352, 320, and 288.
The chāyā for each succeeding gunahāni will be half of the one immediately preceeding it. As the number of molecules in each gunahāni is half of that of its immediate predecessor, its chāyā is also half the chāyā of its predecessor.
As an example of an increasing series, the reader may be referred to the quantity of ink required for writing the fourteen pūrvas. The quantity of ink which can just immerse an elephant is necessary for writing the ist pūrva. Double this quantity is required to write the second and so on", so that the quantity of ink necessary for writing the 14th pūrva is 213 times what is required for writing the ist. Thus on the whole, the total quantity of ink which will just suffice for writing all the pūrvas is sufficient to immerse 1+2+2+... up to 21 i.e. 16383 elephants,?
: THE HUMAN POPULATION I may now take up the question about the number of human beings dealt with in Anuyogadvāra (sūtra 142), since it is connected with the indices and classifications of numbers.
As stated therein the minimum number of garbhaja human beings at any time is what can be calculated in terms of kotā koți. It consists of 29 digits and is more than triyamalapada: and less than caturyamalapada* i. e. to say it lies between triyamalapada
1 Compare the dviguna sankhyā occurring in the 25th Brāhmana of Sama-Veda.
2 For details see my "Descriptive Catalogue of Jaina Manuscripts" vol. XVII, pt. II; No. 523.
3 A triad of yamalapadas or their tertiary. 4 A quarternian of yamalapadas or their quarternity....
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