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([[bskal chen]]) - [acc. to Abhidharma-Kosha 80 [[bskal chung]]. Acc. to Abhidharma-Samucchaya 4 [[bskal chung]]. See {[[bskal pa chen po]]}; [[great aeon]]. A great aeon consists of eight intermediate aeons (see {[[bar bskal]]}). and is divided into:
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*1) twenty aeons of the formation of the universe {[[chags pa'i bskal pa]] [[nyi shu]]}.
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*2) twenty aeons of its persistence. {[[gnas pa'i bskal pa]] [[nyi shu]]}.
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*3) twenty aeons of its dissolution.{[['jigs pa]]'i [[bskal pa]] [[nyi shu]]}.
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*4) twenty aeons of vacuity {[[stong pa'i bskal pa]] [[nyi shu]]}. [RY]
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Latest revision as of 14:15, 2 February 2006

(bskal chen) - [acc. to Abhidharma-Kosha 80 bskal chung. Acc. to Abhidharma-Samucchaya 4 bskal chung. See {bskal pa chen po}; great aeon. A great aeon consists of eight intermediate aeons (see {bar bskal}). and is divided into: