trichiliocosm

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noun

A concept in cosmology of a "third-order" universe containing one thousand second-order clusters, which are made of one thousand first-order clusters, which are in turn made of a thousand worlds each. Billion-fold universe.

OriginSanskrit त्रिसहस्रमहासहस्रलोकधातु →
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Meanings

nountrichiliocosm (plural trichiliocosms)

plural trichiliocosms

  1. BuddhismA concept in cosmology of a "third-order" universe containing one thousand second-order clusters, which are made of one thousand first-order clusters, which are in turn made of a thousand worlds each. Billion-fold universe.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
galaxy

Origin

  1. Sanskritत्रिसहस्रमहासहस्रलोकधातु
  2. Englishtrichiliocosm

From tri- + chilia- + cosmos, partially calquing Sanskrit त्रिसहस्रमहासहस्रलोकधातु (trisahasramahāsahasralokadhātu, literally “three thousand million world element”).

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