84000 Glossary of Terms

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སྲེག་པའི་བསྐལ་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • སྲེག་པའི་བསྐལ་པ།

  • sreg pa’i bskal pa
  • kalpoddhāha
  • Term
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  • eon conflagration
  • སྲེག་པའི་བསྐལ་པ།
  • sreg pa’i bskal pa
  • kalpoddhāha
Definition in this text:

This refers to the conflagration that is the twentieth of the twenty “sub-eons” making up the third (destruction eon) of the four subdivisions of a “great eon” (mahākalpa). The other three major divisions of a great eon are the eon of arising, of duration, and (after the eon of destruction) of voidness.

  • eon conflagration
  • སྲེག་པའི་བསྐལ་པ།
  • sreg pa’i bskal pa
  • kalpoddhāha
Definition in this text:

This refers to the conflagration that is the twentieth of the twenty “sub-eons” making up the third (destruction eon) of the four subdivisions of a “great eon” (mahākalpa). The other three major divisions of a great eon are the eon of arising, of duration, and (after the eon of destruction) of voidness.