སྟོང་ཆུང་ངུའི་འཇིག་རྟེན་གྱི་ཁམས། | Glossary of Terms

A universe comprising one thousand world systems, each with its four continents etc., according to traditional Indian cosmology. See also UT22084-026-001-2676.

A series of one thousand parallel human worlds, according to traditional Indian cosmology.

A “thousandfold universe,” also called a “first order chiliocosm” (spyi phud kyi ’jig rten gyi khams), “lesser chiliocosm” (chung ngu’i ’jig rten gyi khams, sāhasra­cūḍiko loka­dhātu), or “lower chiliocosm” (tha ma’i ’jig rten gyi khams), consisting of a thousand worlds each made up of their own Mount Meru, four continents, sun, moon, and god realms. Explained in UT22084-047-001-291.

In Buddhist cosmology, a universe that itself contains a thousand world systems, each made up of its own Mount Meru, four continents, sun, moon, and god realms.

A “thousandfold universe,” also called a “small chiliocosm” (sāhasra­cūḍiko loka­dhātu), consisting of a thousand worlds each made up of their own Mount Meru, four continents, sun, moon, and god realms.

In Buddhist cosmology, a universe that itself contains a thousand world systems, each made up of its own Sumeru, four continents, sun, moon, and god realms.