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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 [IW]
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[[Three incalculable aeons]]. Incalculable refers to the number ten followed by 52 zeros. three "uncountable/ innumerable" aeons [RY]
  
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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) [IW]
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three "uncountable/ innumerable" kalpas [IW]
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great aeon/ kalpa [IW]
 
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[[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 [RY]
 
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བསྐལ་པ་གྲངས་མེད་གསུམ།

Three incalculable aeons. Incalculable refers to the number ten followed by 52 zeros. three "uncountable/ innumerable" aeons [RY]

three "uncountable/ innumerable" kalpas [IW]

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