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(200) : Nandanavana
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The numerable number (involving small and large ones) has three varieties: (1) Minimal, (2) Maximal, (3) Medial. The value of minimal number is 2. The value of medial number varies between 3, 4, 5 etc. up to maximal number -1. The value of maximal numerable number may be a unit called Acalātma” (or any other name in Svetāmbaras) with a value of up to 10%. If its value is calculated on the pit-based simile measure basis, it could be 10197.39 - virtually an innumerable number 24. In fact, it has a value of minimal peripheral innumerable -1 (See further).
Dhavalā - III (p. 98-100) has mentioned the numerable numbers on the basis of place-value notation in terms of the numbers, though they have been expressed in different ways in the verses 51-53 of Vol. 3. (1) 89999997 (2) 46666664 (Scale of 100) (3) 22799498
The volume 5 indicates 2 the term 'Asankhyeya' (innumerable) as equal to (10' x 1029) = 10and it goes to move to other terms for numbers: Panatthi (256)
65536 Bādāla (Paņatthi)
(65536)2 - 100 Ekatthi. (Bādāla)
(65536)" - 1020 Bigger numbers than these are also used in Dhavalā the one which has been mentioned by Singh, is related to the number of completioned wrong-faithed human beings which has been expressed in terms of a number lying between
crore x crore x crore and crore x crore x crore x crore
102 x 10' X 107 and 10' x 10' x 10' x 107 or (2%) and
(24) Its value lies between 102 and 1028 (29 notational places). Dhavalā has stated that this view is also correct even when the area of 2/2 continents of human region is calculated as equal to 1024 Pratarângulas, (UA3). Dhavalā uses the term numerable in many places, which may have the value lying between 1020 - 10%. It seems that 'innumerable' means a number bigger than 1029. However, as we have said that 1016 or even 109139 may also be called numerable. Nemicandra has also calculated the number of round mustard seeds in a specified pit as equal to 1.79 10by applying geometry of circle, area, volume and arithmetical calculations. This indicates that
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