On the meaning of 84,000

As @Sylvester pointed out in the newly uploaded Ekottarāgama 8.1 this number appears.

https://suttacentral.net/fr/ea8.1

Translation into English:

… When the Buddha, the Blessed One, resided in the park of Anāthapiṇḍada in Śrāvastī, he said to his bhikṣu: O bhikṣu! No one can be larger than the King of the Asura. He measures 84,000 yojana. His mouth is 1,000 yojana wide. …

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