• koṭīniyutaśatashasra
    • Term
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    • hundred sextillion
    • koṭīniyutaśatashasra
    Definition in this text:

    A number calculated by multiplying a koṭi (bye ba), or ten million, by a niyuta (khrag khrig), or a hundred billion according to the Abhidharma system (although it is only one million in Classical Sanskrit), and by a śatasahasra (brgya stong), or one hundred thousand, all of which together equals ten to the twenty third power or a hundred sextillion. This term is often used as to express a number so large as to be inconceivable.