Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
त्रिंशत्कोट्यस्तु संख्याताः सहस्राणि च विंशतिः ।
सप्तषष्टिस्तथान्यानि नियुतानि च संख्यया ॥
triṃśatkoṭyas tu saṃkhyātāḥ sahasrāṇi ca viṃśatiḥ | saptaṣaṣṭis tathānyāni niyutāni ca saṃkhyayā
其数被计为三十俱胝(crore),再加二万,又加六十七,并且还要按数加上若干“尼由多”(niyuta,万为单位)。 (此为所述摩奴期量度之一部分。)
The tradition encodes cosmic time with precision-like enumeration to cultivate reverence for order (niyama) and the vastness within which human action still bears moral weight.
Manvantara: detailed temporal measure (pramāṇa) of a Manu-cycle.
Large-number language functions as a contemplative device: the mind is stretched beyond ordinary scales, loosening attachment to immediate gains and losses.