My thanks to Ruth Satinsky and Valerie Roebuck for their answers to my query. 

One more question: was the numerical progression 2, 3, 7 somehow significant in the Indian tradition?

2016-02-20 11:24 GMT+01:00 Artur Karp <karp@uw.edu.pl>:
Dear List, 

I wonder what's the significance of the number 84 000 that appears in several Pali texts? Was it used also elsewhere? In the epics?

Thanks in advance, 

Artur Karp