In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics (Mahayana)

Hetvindriya (हेत्विन्द्रिय) refers to a “hundred-decillion” (100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) in a list of numeral denominations, according to the Lalitavistara-sūtra, a well-known Buddhist work of the first century B.C.—Accordingly, “The mathematician Arjuna asked the Bodhisattva, ‘O young man, do you know the counting which goes beyond the koṭi on the centesimal scale? Bodhisattva: I know. Arjuna: How does the counting proceed beyond the koṭi on the centesimal scale? Bodhisattva: [hundred karahus are called hetvindriya, hundred hetvindriya are called samāptalamhha,...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Hetvindriya (हेत्विन्द्रिय).—nt., a high number: Lalitavistara 148.5, cited Mahāvyutpatti 7968; = Tibetan rgyu dbaṅ (lit. translation(s)).

[Sanskrit to German]

Hetvindriya in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Indriya, Hetu.

Full-text: Karahu, Samaptalambha.

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