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Hūhūka

हूहूक

84,00,000 to the power of 10. About 1.75 × 10⁶⁹ years.

The 10th of the twenty-eight named year-units, and the 5th of the fourteen major ones. Its value is 84,00,000 raised to the power of 10, which comes to about 1.75 × 10⁶⁹ years.

Every unit on this stretch has a partner ending in -āṅga, one 84-lakhth of its size. Hūhūka is preceded by Hūhūkaāṅga, and the two together account for two of the twenty-eight steps.

10⁻¹² y10⁻⁹ y10⁻⁶ y10⁻³ y10⁰ yĀvalikā≈ 1 / 5,800 secondKṣullaka bhava≈ 1 / 23 second · the shortest life there isPrāṇa · one breath≈ 0.76 second · 3,773 per muhūrtaStoka7 breaths · ≈ 5.3 secondsLava7 stoka · ≈ 37 secondsMuhūrta77 lava · 48 minutesAhorātra · a day30 muhūrtaMāsa · a month2 pakṣa · 30 daysVarṣa · a year12 monthsSamayaindivisible · no number can be put to it17 lives in one breath.The shortest life a being can hold is 256 āvalikā,about a twenty-third of a second.a human life≈ 80 yearsall recorded history≈ 5,000 yearsthe age of the universe≈ 1.38 × 10¹⁰ yearsPūrvāṅga · 84,00,000 yearsPūrva≈ 5,000 × the age of the universe7.056 × 10¹³ yTruṭita4.98 × 10²⁷ yAḍaḍa3.51 × 10⁴¹ yAvava2.48 × 10⁵⁵ yHūhūka1.75 × 10⁶⁹ yUtpala1.23 × 10⁸³ yPadma8.71 × 10⁹⁶ yNalina6.14 × 10¹¹⁰ yArthanipūra4.34 × 10¹²⁴ yAyuta3.06 × 10¹³⁸ yNayuta2.16 × 10¹⁵² yPrayuta1.52 × 10¹⁶⁶ yCūlikā1.08 × 10¹⁸⁰ yŚīrṣaprahelikāa number of 194 digits · counting stops here7.58 × 10¹⁹³ yPudgala parāvartainfinite wheels of timeSāgaropama10 crore-crore palyopamaPalyopamaa pit of hair, emptiedpast counting — measured by analogybelow a year · fixed, countable stepsa year and above · every step × 84,00,000→ time is measured only in the human world→ is time a substance? the traditions differ
The units of time — Hūhūka highlighted

Measurements and counts

Position10 of 28
Value(84,00,000)^10
In years≈ 1.75 × 10⁶⁹
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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

Do not be heedless, Gautama, for even a single samaya.

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10