asaMKyeya
asaṃkhyeya , ( 1 ) adj. (= Skt. id. , Pali asaṃkheyya), innumerable . In Pali (see Childers s.v. kappo) as an adj. applied to kappa (see BHS kalpa ), denotes a world-age of a certain extent; in some definitions at least, of a length intermediate between a mahā- and an antara-k°. Acc. to LaVallée Poussin, AbhidhK iii.188 , asaṃkhyeya kalpa means here le temps que durent un nombre asaṃkhyeya ( 10 à la 59me puissance ) de mahākalpas . I have not noted the Pali usage in the texts excerpted by me (but see Przyluski, Açoka , 408 ). Typical of their use of this adjective with kalpa is SP 17.8 asaṃkhyeyaiḥ kalpair asaṃkhyeyatarair vipulair aprameyair acintyair etc. , in which asaṃkhyeya has its normal Skt. mg. of innumerable ; ( 2 ) nt. , a very high number: Mvy 7802 ; 7932 (cited from Gv ); Gv 106.20 ; 134.5 ; SP 316.7 ; Sukh 31.2 ; Divy 245.11 tribhir asaṃkhyeyair; 246.2 ; 254.3 .