Ganittilakam Savrtuttikam

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

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INTRODUCTION
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Some of these decuple terms are, of course, those which we find in Ganitasārasaigraha (pp. 7-81), too.
It may be mentioned en passant that Simhatilaka Sūri, while explaining the 18 notational places furnishes us with synonyms for 12 of them as under:
(1) das'asahasra for ayuta, (2) das'alakṣa for prayuta, (3) das'akoți for arbuda (4) koți s'ata for padma, (5) kotisahasra for kharva, (6) das'akoțisahasra for nikharva, (7) koțilakṣa for mahāsaroja, (8) das'akoțila kșa for s'anku, (9) koţikoți for samudra, (10) das'akotīkotā for antya, (11) koțīkotīs'ata for madhya and (12) kotikotisahasra for parārdha.
A Buddhist work styled as Abhidhānappadīpikā (I, pp. 69-70) and published by Gujarat Puratattva Mandira in Samvat 1980, furnishes us with some useful information in this connection. The pertinent verses are as under:"संख्याप्रकार
(अट्ठारसन्ता संखेय्ये संख्या एकादयो तिसु ॥ ७२ संख्याने तु च संखेय्ये एकत्ते वीसतादयो।
वग्गभेदे बहुत्तेपि ता आनवुति नारियं)॥ ७३ संख्याविशेष २४
सतं, सहस्सं, नहुतं, लक्खं, कोटी, पकोटियो,। कोटिप्पकोटि, नहुतं, (तथा) निन्नहुतं, (पि च)॥ ७४ अक्खोहिणी, (त्थियं ) बिन्दु, अब्बुदं, (च) निरब्बुदं, । अहहं, अबबं, (चेवा-) टटं, सोगन्धिकु, - प्पलं, ॥ ७५ कुमुदं, पुण्डरीकं, (च) पदुमं, कथानं, (पि च)। महाकथाना, - संखेय्या, - (निच्चतासु सतादि च ॥ ७६
कोट्यादिकं दसगुणं सतलखगुणं कमा)" । “यदा दशभिराग्निष्टोमैय॑जतेऽथ सहस्रया जिनमाप्नोति यदा दशभिः सहस्रैर्यजतेऽथायुतया जिनमाप्नोति यदा दशभिरयुतैय॑जतेऽथ प्रयुतया जिनमाप्नोति यदा दशभिः प्रयुतैर्यजतेऽथ नियुतया जिनमाप्नोति यदा दशभिनियुतैर्यजतेऽथार्बुदया जिनमामोति यदा दशभिरर्बुदैय॑जतेऽथ निखर्चकया जिनमामोति यदा दशभिनिखर्वकैय्यजतेऽथ बद्धया जिनमामोति यदा दशभिर्बद्धैर्यजतेऽथाक्षितया जिनमाप्नोति यदा दशभिरक्षितैय॑जतेऽथ गौर्भवति यदा गौर्भवत्यथाग्निर्भवति यदाग्निर्भवत्यऽथ संवत्सरस्य गृहपतिमामोति ॥ २॥" ।
-ताण्ड्यब्राह्मण १७-१४-२ (p. 395) 1 Herein the terms sahasraka, das'asāhasra, das'claksa, das'akoti, arbuda, nyarbuda, kharva, mahākharva, padma, mahăpadma, ksoni, mahaksoni, s'ankha, mahās'ankha, ksiti, mahākṣiti, ksobha and mahükşobha are used to donote the 4th, 5th, 7th and 9th to 24th sthānas respectively.
2 It seems that Simhatilaka uses both the words koți and koți as well; or it may be that the scribe has not been quite consistent in transcribing the Ms.