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Names of numbers from the chapter: trillion, hundred trillion, quadrillion, full, mind-wandering, supreme, banbun, fluttering, etc., and the meanings of the words, and the numbers from the tree structure, and from the Extensive Play Sutra, a hundred kotis is a trillion, a hundred trillions is a hundred trillion, etc. The meanings of the names of numbers should be understood from the Distinguishing Sounds. ༈ Also, the numbers calculated by increasing from small dust particles are: baramāṇuḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, baramāṇuḥ, extremely small dust particle), fine dust particle. aṇuḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, aṇuḥ, dust particle), dust particle. loharajaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, loharajaḥ, iron dust), iron dust. agrajaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, agrajaḥ, water dust), water dust. śaśarajaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, śaśarajaḥ, rabbit dust), rabbit's dust. avirajaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, avirajaḥ, sheep dust), sheep dust. gorajaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, gorajaḥ, cow dust), cow dust. bātāyanacchidrarajaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, bātāyanacchidrarajaḥ, sunlight dust), sunlight dust. likṣā (Tibetan, Sanskrit, likṣā, nit), nit. yūkaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, yūkaḥ, louse), louse. yavaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, yavaḥ, barley), barley. aṅguliparbaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, aṅguliparbaḥ, finger joint), finger. caturviṃśatiguṇaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, caturviṃśatiguṇaḥ, twenty-four times), saying, multiplying it by twenty-four is: hastaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, hastaḥ, hand), hand, which is one cubit. dhanuḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, dhanuḥ, bow), bow, which is one fathom. pañcaśatāni (Tibetan, Sanskrit, pañcaśatāni, five hundred), that is five hundred. krośaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, krośaḥ, krosha), a shout. that is eight. yojanaṃ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, yojanaṃ, yojana), a yojana. Similarly, comparing the strength of ten ordinary elephants to the strength of a fragrant elephant, etc., the various meanings of the words spoken in the sutras are all in the Distinguishing Sounds. In the Immortal Treasury it says: kiṣkuḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, kiṣkuḥ, cubit), hand measurement, which is a cubit. that is four hundred. nalba (Tibetan, Sanskrit, nalba, nalba), which means binding. dhanuḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, dhanuḥ, bow), as mentioned above, bow, which is one fathom. above that is krosha, which is a shout. that is two. gavyūtiḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, gavyūtiḥ, gavyuti), which is called cow-walk, so nalba and gavyuti both only express the length of the road. The king's road with a width of ten fathoms is also called the bell road or the assembly road. ༈ Now, regarding measurement, there are three types: weighing with measures such as srang (a unit of weight), measuring with measures such as bre (a unit of volume), and measuring with fingers, etc. The names of the measures will be explained below. ubdānaṃ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, ubdānaṃ, ubdana), that is, weighing: kuñjaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, kuñjaḥ, kunja), that is, maru, also called black holder and seed of the scale. Five red arrow-shaft fruits with black heads: māṣakaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, māṣakaḥ, mashaka), called the amount of beans. Sixteen bean measures: akṣaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, akṣaḥ, aksha), and karṣaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, karṣaḥ, karsha), called sho measure. that is four: palaṃ, that is, two. suvarṇaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, suvarṇaḥ, suvarna), that is, gold, that is, one gold su. bistaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, bistaḥ, bista), also called offering su, that is the name of its measure. Gold pala, in fact, is the name of one gold srang: kurubistaḥ (Tibetan, Sanskrit, kurubistaḥ, kurubista), that is, bad sound offering su. One hundred palas: tulā (Tibetan, Sanskrit, tulā, tula), called, weighing.