Antara-kalpa (English spelling)

Japanese: antara-kalpa(英語表記)antarakalpa
Antara-kalpa (English spelling)

…Kalpa originally means a period of time, so in addition to the above kalpas, there are various other kalpas of different lengths. There is a term called antara-kalpa, which is the same as simply kalpa. The complete kalpa, the living kalpa, the destroyed kalpa, and the void kalpa make up one cycle of the birth and destruction of the universe, and each of them consists of 20 intermediate kalpas. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "antara-kalpa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…劫は元来〈期間〉の意味なので,上記の劫以外に,これと長さの異なる種々の劫がある。〈中劫antara‐kalpa〉といういい方があるが,それは単に劫というのと同じである。〈成劫(じようこう)〉〈住劫(じゆうこう)〉〈壊劫(えこう)〉〈空劫(くうこう)〉は宇宙の生滅の1サイクルを構成するが,それぞれ20中劫からなる。…

※「antara-kalpa」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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