koṭīniyutaśatashasra | Glossary of Terms
- koṭīniyutaśatashasra
- Term
- hundred sextillion
- koṭīniyutaśatashasra
A number calculated by multiplying a koṭi (bye ba), or ten million, by a niyuta (khrag khrig), or a hundred billion according to the Abhidharma system (although it is only one million in Classical Sanskrit), and by a śatasahasra (brgya stong), or one hundred thousand, all of which together equals ten to the twenty third power or a hundred sextillion. This term is often used as to express a number so large as to be inconceivable.