Lakh / Lakhs
शाब्दिक अर्थ (Shabdartha)
One hundred thousand
व्युत्पत्ति एवं धातु मूल (Vyutpatti)
Hindi 'lakh', from Sanskrit 'laksha': the traditional South Asian numbering unit equal to 100,000 (1,00,000).
आध्यात्मिक भावार्थ व संदर्भ
Jain scriptures describe the lifespans of the earliest Tirthankaras in figures of lakhs or crores of 'purva', vast numbers meant to convey an age of the world when beings lived immeasurably longer than they do now.