Shatkhandagama Pustak 04

Author(s): Pushpadant, Bhutbali, Hiralal Jain, Fulchandra Jain Shastri, Devkinandan, A N Upadhye
Publisher: Jain Sahityoddharak Fund Karyalay Amravati

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have the following numbers included under Asamkhyāta:
1. Jaghanya-parita-asamkhyata 2. Madhyama-parita-asamkhyata 3. Utkrsta-parita-asamkhyata
api
apin ара
Api
Jaghanya-yukta-asa mkhyata
ayj 2. Madhyama-yukta-asamkhyata
aym 3. Utkrsta-yukta-asamkhyata
ayu 1. Jaghanya-asam khyata-asamkhyata
aaj 2. Madhyama-asamkhyata-asamkhyata
aam 3. Utkrsta-asamkhyata-asamkhyata
aau III, Ananta, which we denote by A, is divided in to three classes
(i) Parita-Ananta ( first order infinite ) which we shall denote by- Ap; (ii) Yukta--Ananta (medium infinite ) which we shall denote- Ay; (iii) Ananta-Ananta (infinitely infinite ) which we shall depote by- AA.
As in the case of the asamkhyāta numbers, each of these is further subdivided into three classes- Jaghanya, Madhyama and Utkrsta- so that we have the following numbers in the Ananta class:
1. Jaghanya-parita-ananta 2. Madhyama-parita-ananta
Apm 3. Utkrsta-parita-ananta
Apu 1. Jaghanya-yukta-ananta
Ayj 2. Madhyama-yukta-ananta
Aym 3. Utkrsta-yukta-ananta
Ayu 1. Jaghanya-ananta-ananta
ААj 2. Madhyama-anantil-ananta
A Am 3. Utkrsta-ananta-ananta
A Au Numerical value of the Samkhyata ---According to all Jaina authorities, the Jaghanga-samkhyata is the number 2. being, according to them, the smallest number that represents multiplicity. Unity was not counted as a member of the aggregate of Samkhyata numbers. The Madhayama-samkhyata includes all numbers between 2 and the Utkrsta-samkhyata ( the highest numerable ) su, which itself is the number immediately preceding the Jaghanya-parita-asımkhyata apj, i, e.,
su = apj - 1. And apj is defined in the Trilokasara as follows:
According to Jaina cosmology the Universe is composed of alternate rings of land and water whose boundaries are concentric circles with increasing radii.
1. See, Trilokn-sára, 35.