The Enigma Of The Universe : Table of Units of Countable Time

Published: 20.03.2015
Updated: 02.07.2015

1 Samaya = smallest (ultimate indivisible) unit of time Jaghanya-Yukta-Asaṃkhyāta samayas = 1 āvalikā

4446  2422/3773   Āvalikās = 1 Prāṇa
7   Prāṇas = 1 Stoka
7   Stokas = 1 Lava
38½   Lavas = 1 Ghaḍī (Ghaḍikā)
2   Ghaḍīs = 1 Muhūrta (48 minutes)
30   Muhūrtas = 1 Ahorātra (one day and night)
30   Ahorātras = 1 Māsa (one month)
12   Māsas = 1 Varṣa (one year)
8400000   Varṣas = 1 Pūrvāṅga
"   Pūrvāṅgas = 1 Pūrva
"   Pūrvas Āvalikās = 1 Truṭitāṭga
"   Truṭitāṭgas = 1 Truṭita
"   Truṭitas = 1 Aḍaḍāṅga
"   Aḍaḍāṅgas = 1 Aḍaḍa
"   Aḍaḍas = 1 Avavāṅga
"   Avavāṅgas = 1 Avava
"   Avavas = 1 Hūhūkāṅga
"   Hūhūkāṅgas = 1 Hūhūka
8400000   Hūhūkas = 1 Utpalāṅga
"   Utpalāṅgas = 1 Utpala
"   Utpalas = 1 Padmāṅga
"   Padmāṅgas = 1 Padma
"   Padmas = 1 Nalināṅga
"   Nalināṅgas = 1 Nalina
"   Nalinas = 1 Arthanipurāṅga
"   Arthanipurāṅgas = 1 Arthanipura
"   Arthanipuras = 1 Ayutāṅga
"   Ayutāṅgas = 1 Ayutas
"   Ayutas = 1 Prayutāṅga
"   Prayutāṅgas = 1 Prayuta
"   Prayutas = 1  Nayutāṅga
"   Nayutāṅgas = 1 Nayuta
"   Nayutas = 1 Cūlikāṅga
"   Cūlikāṅgas = 1 Cūlikā
"   Cūlikās = 1 Śīrṣaprahelikāṇga
"   Śīrṣaprahelikāṇgas = 1 Śīrṣaprahelikā

This table is based on the Śvetāmbara tradition.[1] In the Digambara tradition, however, there is difference in the units, greater than year.[2]They are given as follows:

8400000   Varṣas = 1 Pūrvāṅga
8400000   Pūrvāṅgas = 1 Pūrva
84   Pūrvas = 1 Parvāṅga[3]
8400000   Pūrvāṅgas = 1 Parvā
84   Parvas = 1 Nayutāṅga[4]
8400000   Nayutāṅgas = 1 Nayuta
84   Nayutas = 1 Kumudāṅga
8400000   Kumudāṅgas = 1 Kumuda
84   Kumudas = 1 Padmāṅga
8400000   Padmāṅgas = 1 Padma
84   Padmas = 1 Nalināṅga
8400000   Nalināṅgas = 1 Nalina
84   Nalinas = 1 Kamalāṅga
8400000   Kamalāṅgas = 1 Kamala
84   Kamalas = 1 Truṭitāṭga
8400000   Truṭitāṭgas = 1 Truṭita
84   Truṭitas = 1 Aḍaḍāṅga
8400000   Aḍaḍāṅgas = 1 Aḍaḍa
84   Aḍaḍas = 1 Amamāṅga
8400000   Amamāṅgas = 1 Amama
84   Amamas = 1 Hāhāṅga
8400000   Hāhāṅgas = 1 Hāhā
84   Hāhās = 1 Hūhāṅga
8400000   Hūhāṅgas = 1 Hūhū
84   Hūhūs = 1 Latāṅga
8400000   Latāṅgas = 1 Latā
84   Latās = 1 Mahālatāṅga
8400000   Mahālatāṅgas = 1 Mahālatā
8400000   Mahālatās = 1 Śrīkalpa[5]
8400000   Śrīkalpas = 1 Hasta-prahelita
8400000   Hasta-prahelitas = 1 Acalātma

According the Śvetāmbara tradition, highest unit of countable time is Śīrṣaprahelikā, whose value is[6]:

(8400000)28 = (8428 x 10140) years.

According to the Digambara tradition, highest unit of countable time is acalātma, whose value is:

(8431 x 1090) years.

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Sources
Title: The Enigma Of The Universe Publisher: JVB University Ladnun English Edition: 2010 HN4U Online Edition: 2014

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