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Nahuta

10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

**Pali Text Society, Pali English Dictionary (edited entry):**
Nahuta: ... a vast number, a myriad Sn 677; J I.25, 83; Pv IV.17; DhA I.88; PvA 22, 265.

Asa¸kheyya

100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,

A measure of years.

**Pali Text Society, Pali English Dictionary (edited entry):**
Asankheyya: (adj.) [a + sankheyya, grd. of sa¸-khy¤] incalculable, innumerable, nt. an immense period A II.142; Miln 232 (catt¤ri a.), 289 DhA I.5, 83, 104.

Crore

10,000,000,000

**How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement**
A traditional unit of quantity in India, equal to 10⁷ or 10 million. Large numbers are usually described in India using the crore and the lakh (10⁵); for example, the number 25,600,000 is called 2 crore 56 lakh and written "2,56,00,000".

Lakh

100,000

**How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement**
lakh or lac a traditional unit of quantity in India, equal to 10⁵ or 100,000. In India the lakh is used commonly instead of the million and commas are used to isolate the number of lakh; for example, the number 5,300,000 is called 53 lakh and written "53,00,000".

Nahuta

Asa¸kheyya

Crore

Lakh

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