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[[bskal chen]] - [[mahakalpa]] [according to the [[Abhidharmakosha]] [[tradition]] 80 [[small kalpas]], acc to [[abhidharma-samuccaya]] = four {[[bskal chung]]} in [[human]] years [[dung phyur drug dang bye ba bdun sa ya gcig ‘bum dgu khri gnyis]] = 671,920,000, or another [[tradition]] says ‘[[khrug phrag bdun]] [IW] | [[bskal chen]] - [[mahakalpa]] [according to the [[Abhidharmakosha]] [[tradition]] 80 [[small kalpas]], acc to [[abhidharma-samuccaya]] = four {[[bskal chung]]} in [[human]] years [[dung phyur drug dang bye ba bdun sa ya gcig ‘bum dgu khri gnyis]] = 671,920,000, or another [[tradition]] says ‘[[khrug phrag bdun]] [IW] | ||
| + | [[bskal chen]] - [[great aeon]]/[[kalpa]] [acc to [[Abhidharma-kosha]] = 80 {[[bskal chung]]} acc to [[abhidharma-samuccaya]] = four {[[bskal chung]]} see {[[bskal pa chen po]]} eighty [[intermediate]] [[aeons]] {[[bar bskal]]} and is divided into; {[[chags pa’i bskal pa nyi shu]]} = twenty [[aeons]] of the formation of the [[universe]] {[[gnas pa’i bskal pa nyi shu]]} = twenty [[aeons]] of its persistence {[[‘jigs pa’i bskal pa nyi shu]]} = twenty [[aeons]] of its [[dissolution]], {[[stong pa’i bskal pa nyi shu]]} = twenty [[aeons]] of [[vacuity]]) | ||
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| + | [[bskal chen]] - great [[aeon]]. [acc. to [[Abhidharma-Kosha]] 80 [[bskal chung]]. Acc. to [[Abhidharma-Samucchaya]] 4 [[bskal chung]]. | ||
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| + | See {[[bskal pa chen po]]}; great [[aeon]]. [acc. to [[Abhidharma-Kosha]] 80 {[[bskal chung]]}. Acc. to [[Abhidharma-Samucchaya]] 4 {[[bskal chung]]}.) | ||
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| + | See {[[bskal pa chen po]]}. a great [[aeon]] consists of eight [[intermediate]] [[aeons]] ( see {[[bar bskal]]}.) and is divided into, | ||
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| + | 1) {[[chags pa’i bskal pa nyi shu]]}. twenty [[aeons]] of the formation of the [[universe]]. | ||
| + | 2) {[[gnas pa’i bskal pa nyi shu]]}. twenty [[aeons]] of its persistence. | ||
| + | 3) {[[‘jigs pa’i bskal pa nyi shu]]}. twenty [[aeons]] of its [[dissolution]]. | ||
| + | 4) {[[stong pa’i bskal pa nyi shu]]}. twenty [[aeons]] of [[vacuity]] [RY] | ||
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Revision as of 14:51, 6 September 2014
A great kalpa (Skt. mahākalpa; Tib. བསྐལ་ཆེན་, Wyl. bskal chen) is the period of time during which the universe passes through the four periods (or medium kalpas) of
- formation (Tib. ཆགས་པའི་བསྐལ་པ་, Wyl. chags pa'i bskal pa),
- duration (Tib. གནས་པའི་བསྐལ་པ་, Wyl. gnas pa'i bskal pa),
- destruction (Tib. འཇིག་པའི་བསྐལ་པ་, Wyl. 'jig pa'i bskal pa) and
- voidness (Tib. སྟོང་པའི་བསྐལ་པ་, Wyl. stong pa'i bskal pa).
bskal chen - mahakalpa [according to the Abhidharmakosha tradition 80 small kalpas, acc to abhidharma-samuccaya = four {bskal chung} in human years dung phyur drug dang bye ba bdun sa ya gcig ‘bum dgu khri gnyis = 671,920,000, or another tradition says ‘khrug phrag bdun [IW]
bskal chen - great aeon/kalpa [acc to Abhidharma-kosha = 80 {bskal chung} acc to abhidharma-samuccaya = four {bskal chung} see {bskal pa chen po} eighty intermediate aeons {bar bskal} and is divided into; {chags pa’i bskal pa nyi shu} = twenty aeons of the formation of the universe {gnas pa’i bskal pa nyi shu} = twenty aeons of its persistence {‘jigs pa’i bskal pa nyi shu} = twenty aeons of its dissolution, {stong pa’i bskal pa nyi shu} = twenty aeons of vacuity)
bskal chen - great aeon. [acc. to Abhidharma-Kosha 80 bskal chung. Acc. to Abhidharma-Samucchaya 4 bskal chung.
See {bskal pa chen po}; great aeon. [acc. to Abhidharma-Kosha 80 {bskal chung}. Acc. to Abhidharma-Samucchaya 4 {bskal chung}.)
See {bskal pa chen po}. a great aeon consists of eight intermediate aeons ( see {bar bskal}.) and is divided into,
1) {chags pa’i bskal pa nyi shu}. twenty aeons of the formation of the universe. 2) {gnas pa’i bskal pa nyi shu}. twenty aeons of its persistence. 3) {‘jigs pa’i bskal pa nyi shu}. twenty aeons of its dissolution. 4) {stong pa’i bskal pa nyi shu}. twenty aeons of vacuity [RY]
