khāraka (5506)

khāraka
Entry 5506, Page 205, Col. 1

(KAraka, KAraka)
khāraka¦ (m. or nt.; perh. related to Skt. khāra, khārī, a measure of capacity), apparently a (large) number: Gv 396.20 lokadhātu-khārakeṣu, in (large numbers of) world-systems. Occurs in a long series of terms, 396.17 ff., all cpd. with lokadhātu and app. denoting large numbers.