In Jain cosmology the Sirsapahelika is the highest measurable number in Jainism which is 10^194 years. Higher than this is the palyopama (pit measured years) which is explained by an analogy of a pit 8 x 8 x 8 miles tightly filled with fine hair particles of a seven day old newborn (a single hair from the above cut into eight pieces seven times = 20,97,152 particles). If one particle is emptied every 100 years, the time taken to empty the whole pit = 1 Palyopama (a Palyopama = "countless" years). Hence a Palyopama is at least equal to or greater than 10^194 years. A Sagrapoma is 10 quadrillion Palyopama -- that means a Sagrapoma is more than 10^210 years...
Posted on: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:01:56 +0000
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