"Ten to the power of 101,493,292,610,318,652,755,325,638,410,240 [...] is an 'incalculable'; an 'incalculable' to the fourth power is a 'measureless'; a 'measureless' to the fourth power is a 'boundless'; a 'boundless' to the fourth power is an 'incomparable.'" Avataṃsaka Sūtra
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Sounds to me like folks trying to quantify the unquantifiable.
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Interestingly, this is the Buddha speaking! "It is good that you ask the Buddha, the Truly Enlightened One, in order to have the beings of the world penetrate the meaning of the numbers known to the Buddha. Listen carefully and think well about this; I will explain for you."

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