[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 31.11 # 佛祖統紀 31.11 佛祖統紀 31.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [31.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.31.11) 長阿含經。一日月行四天下為一世界。如是千日月。千須彌。千閻羅王。千忉利。千梵天。千鐵圍。名為小千。即數小千至滿一千。名為中千（即是百萬亦稱十億）即數中千復滿一千。名為大千（即是千萬萬亦稱萬億）其中須彌山王。四洲日月。乃至梵天。各有萬億（光明云百億須彌者億有四等。一十萬為億大千則當萬億。二百萬為億大千則當千億。三千萬為億大千則有百億。四萬萬為億大千則有十億。今言百億是第三之數。然此方以十萬為億為正數）成則同成。壞則同壞。皆是一佛化境。號為娑婆世界（梵語娑婆此云堪忍）。 > The Dīrghāgama says: One sun and moon traversing four under-heavens constitute one world. A thousand such suns and moons, a thousand Sumerus, a thousand Yama Kings, a thousand Trāyastriṃśa \[heavens\], a thousand Brahmā heavens, and a thousand Iron Ring \[mountains\] are called a small-thousand \[world\]. Counting small-thousand \[worlds\] until reaching a full thousand is called a medium-thousand \[world\] (that is, one million, also called ten billion). Counting medium-thousand \[worlds\] until reaching again a full thousand is called a great-thousand \[world\] (that is, ten thousand times ten thousand, also called a myriad billion). Within it, Mount Sumerus the kings of mountains, four-continent suns and moons, and on up to Brahmā heavens, each number a myriad billion. (The \*Suvarṇaprabhāsa\* says "ten billion Sumerus" because there are four classes of \*yi\* \[billion/hundred thousand\]: first, one hundred thousand as an \*yi\*, then a great-thousand corresponds to a myriad billion; second, one million as an \*yi\*, then a great-thousand corresponds to a thousand billion; third, ten million as an \*yi\*, then a great-thousand has a hundred billion; fourth, one hundred million as an \*yi\*, then a great-thousand has ten billion. Here the mention of a hundred billion is the third numbering. However, this land takes one hundred thousand as an \*yi\* to be the correct reckoning.) They form together and disintegrate together, all being the transformation realm of one Buddha, named the Sahā World (the Sanskrit \*Sahā\* is translated here as "endurance"). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 31.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.31.10) - [Next: 31.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.31.12) - [Up: 31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.31) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.31.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.31.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.31.11) · Pramāṇa