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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAsaṃkhyaya (असंख्यय).—(?) , adj., innumerable, occurs repeatedly (instead of regular asaṃkhyeya) in mss. of Lalitavistara, and is sometimes adopted by Lefm. in the text: 86.15 (vv.ll. asaṃkhya, asaṃkhyeya); 112.4 (with most mss., v.l. °khyeya). Weller 23 would read asaṃkhyeya always, perhaps rightly; but the frequent occurrence of °khyaya in the mss. is strange. Like Weller I am unable to under- stand the long ā in asaṃkhyayā-kalpakoṭi- 86.15; pro- bably read °ya- as in 112.4. Instr. of a-saṃkhyā unlikely.
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