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Svayambhūstotra
1 kumudānga = 84 x1 nayuta 1 kumuda = 84 lakh x 1 kumudānga
1 padmānga = 84x1 kumuda 1 padma = 84 lakh x1 padmānga
1 nalinanga 1 nalina
= 84 x 1 padma = 84 lakh x1 nalinānga
1 kamalānga = 84 x 1 nalina 1 kamala = 84 lakh x 1 kamalānga
1 truţitānga 1 truțita
= 84x1 kamala = 84 lakh x1 trutitānga
1ațațānga 1ațața
= 84x1 truțita = 84 lakh x1 ațațānga
The series continues in this fashion. The Jaina Scripture has named the elements of the series as: pūrvānga, pūrvā, parvānga, parva, nayutānga, nayuta, kumudānga, kumuda, padmānga, padma, nalinānga, nalina, kamalānga, kamala, truțitānga, truțita, ațațānga, ațața, amamānga, amama, hāhānga, hāhā, hūhānga, hūhū, latānga, latā, mahālatānga and mahālatā. After this, 1 mahālatā multiplied by 84 lakh gives 1 śrikalpa. 1 śrikalpa multiplied by 84 lakh gives 1 hastaprahelita. 1 hastaprahelita multiplied by 84 lakh gives 1 acalātma. It is mentioned that 84 multiplied by itself 31 times followed by ninety zeros constitutes 1 acalātma.
These are divisions of numerable (sankhyāta) time.
Innumerable Time Time periods of still greater values are known as innumerable time (asankhyāta); these are not expressed in years but in terms of the time
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