Vedic Numbering Systems
There are various systems of numeration found in various ancient Vedic literatures of India. The following table gives one such system used in the Valmiki Ramayana.
| Sanskrit (transliteration) | Indian figure | Power notation |
Arabic figure | Short scale Arabic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| एक (eka) | 100 | one | ||
| दश (dasha) | 101 | ten | ||
| शत (shata) | 102 | hundred | ||
| सहस्र (sahasra) | 103 | one thousand | ||
| अयुत (ayuta) | 104 | ten thousand | ||
| लक्ष (lakṣa) | 105 | one hundred thousand | ||
| कोटि (koṭi) | 107 | ten million | ||
| शङ्कु (śaṅku) | 1012 | one trillion | ||
| महाशङ्कु (mahā-śaṅku) | 1017 | one hundred quadrillion | ||
| वृन्द (vṛnda) | 1022 | ten sextillion | ||
| महावृन्द (mahā-vṛnda) | 1027 | one octillion | ||
| पद्म (padma) | 1032 | one hundred nonillion | ||
| महापद्म (mahā-padma) | 1037 | ten undecillion | ||
| खर्व (kharva) | 1042 | one tredecillion | ||
| महाखर्व (mahā-kharva) | 1047 | one hundred quattuordecillion | ||
| समुद्र (samudra) | 1052 | ten sexdecillion | ||
| ओघ (ogha) | 1057 | one octodecillion | ||
| महौघ (mahaugha/mahā-ogha) | 1062 | one hundred novemdecillion |
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