mun bskal
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མུན་བསྐལ
a dark age; dark aeon, age of darkness, [a time where the light of a Buddha has not appeared] [RY]
dark kalpa mun pa'i bskal pa; sangs rgyas ma byon pa'i bskal pa la mun bskal zhes grags pa a kalpa in which a Buddha does not appear is called a "dark kalpa" [RY]
dark age [JV]
dark aeon, age of darkness, kalpa w/o buddhas [IW]