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.
Origin
From tri- + chilia-, partially calquing Sanskrit त्रिसहस्रमहासहस्रलोकधातु.
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