Jainism a Glimpse

Author(s): Punyadarshanvijay
Publisher: Sanmarg Prakashan

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Each multiplied by a Pūrvānga (84,00,000 Years) results into the successive term (figure). The final term is Sirsapahēlikā = 758, 263, 253, 073, 010, 241, 157, 973, 569, 975, 696, 406, 218, 966 848, 080, 183, 296 x 10140 (Plus 140 successive - Zeros) Total 194 digits.
Hereafter different methods of calculation on basis of simile
like 'Light-years' used in cosmological terms (i.e. distance of light travelled at 186600 miles per second throughout the year) such 1 million light years = 1 Mega year.
1 Palyāpama : Explanation - A hollow pit of 8 x 8 x 8 miles tightly filled with hair particles of seven day old newly born. (A single hair form the above cut into eight pieces seven times = 20,97,152 Particles)
1 Particle emptied after every 100 years, the time taken to empty the whole pit = 1 Palyāpama. (1 Palyāpama = countless years.)
10 Kötākoti Palyõpama = 1 Sāgarāpama. 10 Kötākāti Sāgarāpama = 1 Avasarpini (Descending period) 10 Kõțākāti Sāgarōpama = 1 Utsarpiņi (Ascending period)
1 Avasarpini + 1 Utsarpini = 1 Kāla-Cakra (Time-Cycle) [Note-1 Koțākoți = 1,00 00 00 00 00 00 00]
1 Pudgalaparāvartakāla = infinitely infinite (Anantānanta) number of Kāla-Cakra = i.e. Timecycles.
Kāla-Cakra = Temporal cycle has Avasarpiņi (regressive halfcycle) + Utsarpiņi (progressive half cycle)
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