The Sanskrit term Mahākṣobha can be transliterated into English as Mahaksobha or Mahakshobha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Mahākṣobha (महाक्षोभ) refers to a “hundred sextillion” (100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) in various lists of numeral denominations, according to gaṇita (“science of calculation”) and Gaṇita-śāstra, ancient Indian mathematics and astronomy.—We can definitely say that from the very earliest known times, ten has formed the basis of numeration in India. While the Greeks had no terminology for denominations above the myriad (10⁴), and the Romans above the milk (10³), the ancient Hindus dealt freely with no less than eighteen denominations [e.g., mahākṣobha]. Cf. Yajurveda-saṃhitā (Vājasanyī) XVII.2; Taittirīya-saṃhitā IV.40.11, VII.2.20.1; Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā II.8.14; Kāṭhaka-saṃhitā XVII.10, XXXIX.6; Anuyogadvāra-sūtra 142; Āryabhaṭīya II.2; Triśatikā R.2-3; Gaṇitasārasaṃgraha I.63-68.

context information

Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mahākṣōbha (ಮಹಾಕ್ಷೋಭ):—[noun] (math.) a huge number (1 followed by twenty three two zeros).

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Kshobha, Maha.

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Shringara-manjari Katha (translation and notes) (by Kumari Kalpalata K. Munshi)

Section 7.5 - pancami devadatta-kathanika < [Sanskrit text]

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Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)

Part 6 - Notational places (ankasthanas) in Jainism < [Introduction]

Part 23 - Outlines of Ganitatilaka < [Introduction]

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Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)

Chapter 6.2 - The Devi-purana (study)

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