The First Unenumerable Number in Jaina Mathematics

K. Ramasubramanian ()
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K. Ramasubramanian: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Cell for Indian Science and Technology in Sanskrit, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

A chapter in Gaṇitānanda, 2019, pp 143-158 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The definition of asaṃkhyāta (“unenumerable”) numbers in the ancient Indian Jaina Schools is linked to their cosmography according to which the Jambūdvīpa (“Jambū Island”) is circular in shape and has a diameter $$D_0$$ equal to one lakh yojanas. It is surrounded by a series of concentric rings (or annuli) of sea and land alternately (see Fig. 1).

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-1229-8_20

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