翻譯名義集 3.239

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【阿僧祇】或阿僧企耶，此云無央數。《楚詞》云：「時猶未央。」王逸曰：「央，盡也。」《大論》云：「僧祇，秦言數；阿，秦言無。問：『幾時名阿僧祇？』答：『天人中能知算數者，極數不能知，是名一阿僧祇。如一一名二，二二名四，三三名九，十十名百，十百名千，十千名萬，十萬名億，千萬億名那由他，千萬那由他名頻婆，千萬頻婆名迦他，過迦他名阿僧祇。』」《菩薩地持經》云：「一者，日月晝夜歲數無量，名阿僧祇；二者，大劫無量，名阿僧祇。」

【Asaṃkhya】Also called asaṃkhyeya; here translated as without limit. The Chuci says: 'The time has not yet ended (yang).' Wang Yi says: 'Yang means exhausted.' The Da zhidu lun says: 'Saṃkhyā means number in the language of Qin; a- means non-existence in the language of Qin. Question: "What amount of time is called an asaṃkhya?" Answer: "When those among gods and humans who can calculate reach the end of numbers and cannot know it, this is called one asaṃkhya. For instance, one and one is called two; two twos are called four; three threes are called nine; ten tens are called a hundred; ten hundreds are called a thousand; ten thousands are called a myriad; ten myriads are called an yi; ten million yi are called a nayuta; ten million nayutas are called a bimba; ten million bimbas are called a gāthā; exceeding a gāthā is called an asaṃkhya."' The Bodhisattva-bhūmi-dhāra Sūtra states: 'First, the measureless number of solar and lunar days, nights, and years is called an asaṃkhya; second, a measureless number of great kalpas is called an asaṃkhya.'