History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c7.s13.1

v1.c7.s13.1

**Jaina Canonical Works.** The earliest literary evidence of the use of the word "notational place" is furnished by the *Anuyogadvâra-sûtra*,³ a work written before the Christian era. In this work the total number of human beings in the world is given by “a number which when expressed in terms of the denominations, *koṭi-koṭi*, etc., occupies twenty-nine places (*sthâna*).” Reference to the “places of numeration” is found also in a contemporary work, the *Vyavahâra-sûtra*.¹