antarakalpa

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noun

A subdivision of a kalpa (aeon), or an intermediate period between two major kalpas.

OriginSanskrit अन्तरकल्प →
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Meanings

nounantarakalpa (plural antarakalpas)

plural antarakalpas

  1. BuddhismA subdivision of a kalpa (aeon), or an intermediate period between two major kalpas.

    We may simply recall that each of the antarakalpas except the last presents us with a picture of a steady diminution in the duration of human life.

    1983, W. Randolph Kloetzli, Buddhist Cosmology: Science and Theology in the Images of Motion and Light, Motilal Banarsidass, →ISBN, page 81

Origin

  1. Sanskritअन्तरकल्प
  2. Englishantarakalpa

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अन्तरकल्प (antarakalpa).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 中劫
  • 中劫 (zhōngjié)period
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