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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 44, col. 2.
    aparānta-koṭi , f., esp. acc. sg. adv. (see koṭi, and

    cf. pūrva-koṭi, of which this is the opposite; corresp.

    to Pali pacchima-koṭi, the farthest (future) end, in Pali as

    here of the saṃsāra), the future end, the utmost limit (of

    existence, saṃsāra); Śikṣ 14.8 aparāntakoṭiṃ (adv., so

    read with ms.) sthāsyāmi sattvasyaikasya kāraṇāt, I will

    remain (in existence) to the utmost limit for the sake of a

    single creature; 167.16 aparāntakoṭiḥ saṃsaritavyā sattvā-

    nāṃ paripācanahetor iti, one must subject himself to the

    round of existences to the uttermost end in order to bring

    creatures to maturity; 186.12 sacet punar mamaite sarva-

    sattvā aparāntakoṭiṃ chindyur…, but if all these creatures

    should split me, up to the end of time (adv.; Bendall's note

    on 14.8 and Transl. misunderstand the word); -aparānta-

    koṭi-niṣṭha, Mvy 372 (ep. of a Tathāgata).