"恒河沙" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɡo̞ːɡa̠ɕa̠] Forms: 恒河沙 [canonical] (ruby: (ごう), (), (しゃ)), gōgasha [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 恆河沙 (MC hong ha srae), calque of Sanskrit गंगानदी वालुका (gaṃgānadī vālukā, “sand of the Ganges River”). The current usage as the number 10⁵² was first fixed by the Jinkōki (塵劫記), 1634. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|恆河沙|id=1,1,1}} 恆河沙 (MC hong ha srae), {{cog|sa|गंगानदी वालुका|t=sand of the Ganges River}} Sanskrit गंगानदी वालुका (gaṃgānadī vālukā, “sand of the Ganges River”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ごうがしゃ}} 恒(ごう)河(が)沙(しゃ) • (gōgasha)
  1. (etymology, Buddhism) a metaphor of the extremely large number Categories (topical): Buddhism, Japanese numeral symbols Synonyms: 恒沙
    Sense id: en-恒河沙-ja-noun-Y~FZibPz Disambiguation of Japanese numeral symbols: 74 26 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 77 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Topics: Buddhism, etymology, human-sciences, lifestyle, linguistics, religion, sciences
  2. the number 10⁵² (ten sexdecillion of the American system)
    Sense id: en-恒河沙-ja-noun-6D1GJ140
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