an3.80:4.1“Yāvatā, ānanda, candimasūriyā pariharanti, disā bhanti virocanā, tāva sahassadhā loko.
“Ānanda, sejauh matahari dan bulan beredar, menerangi penjuru-penjuru dengan sinarnya, demikianlah luasnya seribu sistem dunia.
“Ānanda, a galaxy extends a thousand times as far as the moon and sun revolve and the dazzling ones light up the quarters.
an3.80:4.2Tasmiṁ sahassadhā loke sahassaṁ candānaṁ, sahassaṁ sūriyānaṁ, sahassaṁ sinerupabbatarājānaṁ, sahassaṁ jambudīpānaṁ, sahassaṁ aparagoyānānaṁ, sahassaṁ uttarakurūnaṁ, sahassaṁ pubbavidehānaṁ, cattāri mahāsamuddasahassāni, cattāri mahārājasahassāni, sahassaṁ cātumahārājikānaṁ, sahassaṁ tāvatiṁsānaṁ, sahassaṁ yāmānaṁ, sahassaṁ tusitānaṁ, sahassaṁ nimmānaratīnaṁ, sahassaṁ paranimmitavasavattīnaṁ, sahassaṁ brahmalokānaṁ—
Dalam seribu sistem dunia itu terdapat seribu bulan, seribu matahari, seribu Raja Gunung Sineru, seribu Jambudīpa, seribu Aparagoyāna, seribu Uttarakuru, seribu Pubbavideha, empat ribu samudra besar, empat ribu raja besar, seribu alam Cātummahārājika, seribu alam Tāvatiṁsa, seribu alam Yāma, seribu alam Tusita, seribu alam Nimmānaratī, seribu alam Paranimmitavasavattī, dan seribu alam brahmā—
In that galaxy there are a thousand moons, a thousand suns, a thousand Sinerus king of mountains, a thousand Black Plum Tree Lands, a thousand lands west of Godāvarī, a thousand lands north of Kuru, a thousand lands east of Videha, four thousand oceans, four thousand great kings, a thousand realms of the gods of the four great kings, a thousand realms of the gods of the thirty-three, of the gods of Yama, of the joyful gods, of the gods who love to create, of the gods who control what is created by others, and a thousand realms of divinity.
an3.80:4.3ayaṁ vuccatānanda, sahassī cūḷanikā lokadhātu.
ini disebut, Ānanda, sistem dunia kecil seribu lipat, yaitu ‘galaksi’.”
This is called a thousandfold lesser world system, a ‘galaxy’.