anucira , adj. , continuously or successively long (time): read with mss. in Mv i.126.7 nanu anucireṇa kālena sarvasattvān parinirvāpayiṣyanti, (if as you say many Buddhas all bring countless creatures to nirvāṇa,) in the course of continued time they will bring all creatures to it . Senart em. acireṇa, in a short time ; but the text means rather in a sufficiently long time .