Jaina Gem Dictionary

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6. Infinite X infinite instants in Practical Time, i.e., the num-.
ber of spatial units in the non-universe space (Alokâkāśa). . . Take the total of these soven, and treat it to Śaláká-Traya-Nişthapana. The result is a kind of T. To this add the Infinite x the Infinite which is the number of units (Avibhaga Pratichchheda) of the Individuality attribute (Aguru laghu guna) in the substances of Motion and Rest (Dharma and Adharma Dravya).
Take the total of these two, and treat it to Saláká-Traya-Nişthapana. The result is a kind of T.
Subtract this from the number of units (Avibhaga Pratichchheda) of perfect knowledge (Kevala Juâna); and then add it to the remainder,
Thus the number of units of Perfect Knowledge is U.
This last subtraction and addition of the same is to show that even this last kind of T, soul-straining though it is, is nothing compared with U, Omniscience which is the goal and glory of Jainism, being the highest and the most Ideal condition of the Purest possible soul.
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Note that the expression "innumerable X innumerable," and "infinite x infinite" is employed above, because the innumerables and the infinites are not the same. By this time it will be clear that there are a huge number of these innumerables and nfinites, in the Middle kinds, included in E, H, K and in N, Q & T.