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[179] bskal pa chen po ste chos mngon pa'i bshad srol ltar na bskal pa chung ba brgyad cu tham pa rer bskal pa chen po gcig zer/ de la mi lo dung phyur drug dang bye ba bdun sa ya gcig 'bum dgu khri gnyis yod/ de min mi lo mi 'khrug phrag bdun re yod pa'i bshad srol yang 'dug ...

IW

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. 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). great aeon/ kalpa

RY

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