Destruction - Ekou

Japanese: 壊劫 - えこう
Destruction - Ekou
〘Noun〙 A Buddhist term. The third of the four kalpas of creation, existence, destruction , and emptiness . The period following the existence kalpa until the world is destroyed by the three disasters of fire, water, and wind, and returns to emptiness. → Kalpa. ※Jinno Shōtōki (1339-43), Vol. 1: "The three thousand great thousand worlds are destroyed at the same time. This is called the destruction kalpa. " [Abdhisattva-12]

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Japanese:
〘名〙 仏語。成(じょう)、住、壊(え)、空の四劫(しこう)の第三。住劫のあと、火、水、風の三災が起こって世界が破壊され、空無に帰するまでの期間。→劫(こう)。※神皇正統記(1339‐43)上「三千大千世界同時に滅尽する、これを壊劫(ゑこふ)と云ふ」 〔倶舎論‐一二〕

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