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The definition of asaṃkhyāta (“unenumerable”) numbers in the ancient Indian Jaina Schools is linked to their cosmography according to which the Jambūdvīpa (“Jambū Island”) is circular in shape and has a diameter \(D_0\) equal to one lakh yojanas. It is surrounded by a series of concentric rings (or annuli) of sea and land alternately (see Fig. 1).
Gaṇita Bhāratī, Vol. 14, Nos. 1–4 (1992), pp. 11–24.
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Ramasubramanian, K. (2019). The First Unenumerable Number in Jaina Mathematics. In: Ramasubramanian, K. (eds) Gaṇitānanda. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1229-8_20
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