koṭi (5223)

koṭi
Entry 5223, Page 194, Col. 1

(kowi, kowi)
koṭi¦ (f.), in Pali often = anta (q.v. in CPD), end, limit, esp. in time; this use is illustrated by aparānta- and pūrva-koṭi, qq.v., and by koṭi alone in LV 242.13 (vs) na vidyati koṭi (so divide; Lefm. as cpd.) saṃskṛtasya, there is no end (sc. in either direction of time) of composite substance (i.e. of material existence). See also s.v. bhūta- koṭi; and (with a different mg. of koṭi) tri-koṭi. For akoṭi or °ṭī see s.v. bhūtakoṭi.