Universe Hypothesis; MƯH) hay Thuyết Toàn thể Tối chung (Ultimate
Ensemble Theory).
Chú thích
1. Kimura Taiken. Tiểu thừa Phật giáo Tư tưởng Luận. Hòa Thượng Thích Quảng Độ Việt dịch. Phật
học Viện Quốc tế xuất bàn. 2533 - 1989. Tr. 57.
2. Story of how the young Buddha passes his maths test
King Suddhodana then asked the Bodhisattva: “Can you, my son, rival the skill of the great
mathematician Arjuna in the knowledge of mathematics?”
“Sire, I can,” he replied. So the Bodhisattva was told to show his ability.
§ I. The Bodhisattva knows up to ten numerations
The great mathematician Aijuna asked the Bodhisattva: “Young man, do you know the procedure of
numeration called kotisatottara, more than a hundred kotis?”
The Bodhisattva answered: “I do.” [usually a koti is ten million or IO
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”Weỉl then, how must one proceed to enumerate more than a hundred kotis?”
I he Bodhisattva replied: “A hundred kotis is called ayuta; a hundred ayutas is called niyuta', a
hundred niyutas called kankara\ a hundred kankaras is called vivara; and a hundred vivaras is called
akshobhya, a hundred aksobhyas is carried vivaha; a hundred vivahas is called ulsanga; a hundred
utsangas is called bahulcr, a hundred bahulas is called nagabala\ a hundred nagabalas is called titila', a
hundred titilas is calỉed vyavasthanaprajnapti', a hundred vyavasthanaprajnaptis is called hetuhỉlcr, and a
hundred hetuhilas is called karahu', a hundred karahus is called hetvindriycr, a hundred hetvindriyas is a
samapta lambha\ a hundred samaptalambhas is known as gananagatừ, a hundred gananagatis is called
nỉravaravadycr, a hundred niravaravadyas is called mudrabala', a hundred mudrabaỉas is called
sarvabala\ and a hundred sarvabalas is called visamịnagati'. a hundred visamjnagatis is a sarvasamjna‘
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a
hundred sarvasamjnas is a vibhutangama’, and a hundred vibhutangamas is called tallaksana. [then
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23 kotis would mark 10^53]
“Now with the numeration caỉled taỉlaksana one could take even Meru, the king of mountains, as a
subject of calculation and measure it. And next is the numeration called dvajagravatì', with the help of
this numeration one couỉd take all the sands of the river Ganges as a subject of calculation and measure
them.
Above this is the numeration called dvajagraìùsamani\ and above this is the numeration of
vahanaprạịnapti', next comes the numeration called ingơ; above this is the numeration of kuruta.
