tri-sāhasra-mahāsāhasra (7126)

tri-sāhasra-mahāsāhasra
Entry 7126, Page 259, Col. 1

(trisAhasramahAsAhasra, tri-sAhasra-mahAsAhasra)
tri-sāhasra-mahāsāhasra¦, adj. m. or (°rā) f., or in comp., with lokadhātu (which in BHS is both m. and f., in Pali app. only f.; cf. Pali sahassī, see BHS tri-sā- hasrī, also ti-, mahā-, which acc. to Childers are synonyms in Pali; no numeral mahāsahasra seems recorded in BHS and it is not clear what precise mg., if any, attaches to mahāsāhasra; in Mvy 7999 ff. and Mmk 343.16 ff. mahā- cpd. with other numbers means ten times the number), (world system) consisting of a ‘triple thousand great thousand’ (worlds): °ra-lokadhātu, cpd., LV 319.3; 377.4; Suv 8.6, 9; 86.4; masc. forms, °ro, °raṃ (acc.), etc., Mvy 226; 3044; LV 276.19; 393.18; 405.2; 410.12, 22; Mv i.40.6; ii.300.16 (mss.); 301.2, 8 (mss.); 349.3 (mss.; prec. by fem. adj.); Divy 68.23; 139.3; 158.6; 266.14; 367.21; Av i.5.10; 11.8 etc.; Samādh 8.9; 19.6; RP 2.11; fem. forms, Mv i.214.12 = ii.17.11 °rāyāṃ °dhātūyāṃ (loc.); ii.281.16; 301.12; 314.10; Suv 87.6 °rāyāṃ °dhātau; Śikṣ 138.10 id.; see also trisahasra, and items here adjoining.