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					Koṭi,(f.) [cp.Sk.koṭi & kūṭa2] the end-(a) of space:the extreme part,top,summit,point (cp.anta to which it is opposed at J.VI,371):dhanu-koṭiṁ nissāya “through the (curved) end of my bow,” i.e.by means of hunting J.II,200; aṭṭhi-koṭi the tip of the bone J.III,26; cāpa° a bow VvA.261; vema° the part of a loom that is moved DhA.III,175; khetta° the top (end) of the field SnA 150; caṅkamana° the far end of the cloister J.IV,30; PvA.79.-- (b) of time:a division of time,with reference either to the past or the future,in pubba° the past (cp.pubbanta),also as purima°; and pacchima° the future (cp.aparanta).These expressions are used only of saṁsāra:saṁsārassa purimā koṭi na paññāyati “the first end,i.e.the beginning of S.is not known” Nd2 664; DhsA.11; of pacchimā koṭi ibid.-- anamatagg’âyaṁ saṁsāro,pubba° na paññāyati S’s end and beginning are unthinkable,its starting-point is not known (to beings obstructed by ignorance) S.II,178=III,149= Nd2 664=Kvu 29=PvA.166; cp.Bdhd 118 (p.k.na ñāyati).-- koṭiyaṁ ṭhito bhāvo “my existence in the past” J.I,167.-- (c) of number:the “end” of the scale,i.e.extremely high,as numeral representing approximately the figure a hundred thousand (cp.Kirfel,Kosmographie.p.336).It follows on satasahassāni Nd2 664,and is often increased by sata° or sahassa°,esp.in records of wealth (dhana) Sn.677; J.I,227,230,345=DhA.I,367 (asīti°-vibhavo); J.I,478; PvA.3,96; cp.also koṭisatā arahanto Miln.6,18.-- kahāpaṇa-koṭi-santhārena “for the price (lit.by the spreading out) of 10 million kahāpaṇas” Vin.II,159= J.I,94 (ref.to the buying of Jetavana by Anāthapiṇḍika).
  --gata “gone to the end,” having reached the end,i.e.perfection,nibbāna.Nd2 436; --ppatta=prec.Nd2 436; as “extreme” J.I,67.--simbalī N.of a tree (in Avīci) Sdhp.194.(Page 227)