trichiliocosm
English
Etymology
From tri- + chilia- + Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”), partially calquing Sanskrit त्रिसहस्रमहासहस्रलोकधातु (trisahasramahāsahasralokadhātu, literally “three thousand million world element”).
Noun
trichiliocosm (plural trichiliocosms)
- (Buddhism) 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.
References
- Rigpa Shedra wiki
- Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
- Collins dictionary (new word suggestion)