अन्तरकल्प (antarakalpa)
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Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
Englishantara-kalpa, m. (= Pali °kappa), internal (sub-division of a) kalpa or aeon, or intermediate kalpa (period between major kalpas). In AbhidhK. 〔iii.181〕 the var. antaḥkalpa is recorded, along with this
it seems to point to the first definition above, and LaVallée Poussin, ad loc., considers this the only correct definition
there are 80 in a mahākalpa, op. cit. 〔187〕 (in Pali 〔64〕, CPD). On the other hand Mvy 〔8281〕 renders antara-(kalpa) by Tib. bar gyi, intermediate, and similarly śastrāntara-, rogāntara-, durbhikṣāntara-k° 〔8282—4〕
these suggest that antarakalpas are periods of destruction or disaster for people, cf. CPD s.v. °kappa, a (short) intermediate period (of destruction of mankind). CPD recognizes both the above meanings, and this seems provisionally probable. It is often not clear which appears in specific cases
in Gv 〔325.15〕 perhaps the second: dvādaśānām antarakalpānām atyayena SP 〔67.1〕
prabhāṣate taj jina agradharmān … antarakalpaṣaṣṭim SP 〔25.8〕
cf. Dharmas 〔87〕 (see s.v. kalpa 4)
SP 〔159.3 ff.〕
Mmk 〔295.9〕 (°paṃ jīvati). In SP 〔68.10〕 text manujānam abhyantara-kalpa (= antara°), but prob. read °jān' apī antara° (see WT).
Sanskrit Tibetan
Tibetanbskal pa bar ma
अन्तरकल्प
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