trichiliocosm

English

Etymology

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

Noun

trichiliocosm (plural trichiliocosms)

1. (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)