Beyond Trillions/ کھربوں کے بعد

 

While working with numbers, a thought just came into my mind that what would we call, when we count above trillion or 10 Kharab in Urdu. For example, In Urdu when we start counting, we come across a scale that is;

Ekai, Dahai, Sainkra, Hazar, Dus Hazar, Lakh, Dus Lakh, Crore, dus Crore, Arab, Dus Arab, Kharab and Dus Kharab or 1 trillion.

Beyond Dus Kharab, 1 trillion, our counting turns into 100 Kharab, 1000 Kharab or 10 trillion, 100 trillion etc. the reason, because we usually don’t know, what 100 Kharab is called.

Luckily, I was able to find  terms used for figure above 10 Kharab (1 trillion) , which sorted as per the scale are as follow;

Urdu (Roman)  اردو	Figure (Power Notation)	English
Ekai اکاءی	1                                           (100)	One
Dahai (Dus)   دہاءی	10                                         (101)	Ten
Sainkra (Sou)سینکڑہ	100                                       (102)	Hundred
Hazar ہزار	1000                                     (103)	Thousand
Dus Hazar دس ہزار	10000                                   (104)	Ten Thousand
Lakh لاکھ	100000                                 (105)	One Hundred Thousand
Dus Lakh دس لاکھ	1000000                               (106)	One Million
Crore کروڑ	10000000                             (107)	Ten Million
Dus Crore دس کروڑ	100000000                           (108)	Hundred Million
Arab ارب	1000000000                         (109)	One Billion
Dus Arab دس ارب	10000000000                       (1010)	Ten Billion
Kharab کھرب	100000000000                     (1011)	Hundred Billion
Dus Kharab دس کھرب	1000000000000                   (1012)	One Trillion
Neelum نیلم	10000000000000                 (1013)	Ten Trillion
Dus Neelum دس نیلم	100000000000000               (1014)	Hundred Trillion
Padam پدم	1000000000000000             (1015)	One Quadrillion
Dus Padam دس پدم	10000000000000000           (1016)	Ten Quadrillion
Sankh سنکھ	100000000000000000         (1017)	One Hundred Quadrillion
Dus Sankh دس سنکھ	1000000000000000000       (1018)	One Quintillion
Maha Sankh مہا سنکھ	10000000000000000000     (1019)	Ten Quintillion
Dus Maha Sankhدس  مہا سنکھ	100000000000000000000   (1020)	Hundred Quintillion

As per Wikipedia source, looking into old Indian numerical, one can find numbers beyond Maha Sankh. Those terms are rarely used in history, however, these exists. The figures beyond Maha Sankh are termed as Ankh/Maha udpadha (One Sextillion), Jald/Padha, Madh (Ten Septillion), Paraadha (One Octillion), Ant, Maha Ant (Ten Nonillion), Shisht (One Decillion), Singhar, Maha Singhar (Ten Undecillion) and Adant Singhar which is equal to One Duodecillian or 10³⁹ or 1,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000/-