Sagaropama
शाब्दिक अर्थ (Shabdartha)
Ocean-measure
व्युत्पत्ति एवं धातु मूल (Vyutpatti)
Sanskrit 'sagara' (ocean) + 'upama' (comparison, likeness): a Jain unit of cosmic time so vast it is likened to the time it would take to empty an ocean one drop at a time.
आध्यात्मिक भावार्थ व संदर्भ
Sagaropamas measure the length of the vast cosmic cycles (kalpas) in Jain cosmology, far beyond even the purva used for an individual Tirthankara's lifespan.