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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_47053" /> == | |||
<p> designates in Hindu chronology the Brahminical period of one day and night, and corresponds to a period of 4,320,000,000 solar sidereal years, or years of mortals, measuring the duration of the world, and, according to many, including even the interval of its annihilation. The Bhavishya- [[Purana]] admits of an infinity of kalpas; other Puranas enumerate thirty. A great kalpa comprises not a day, but a life of Brahma. In Vedic literature, kalpa is a [[Vedanga]] (q.v.). See Hardy, Manual of Buddhism, p. 1 sq., 7 sq. (See [[Kalpa-Sutra]]). </p> | <p> designates in [[Hindu]] chronology the Brahminical period of one day and night, and corresponds to a period of 4,320,000,000 solar sidereal years, or years of mortals, measuring the duration of the world, and, according to many, including even the interval of its annihilation. The Bhavishya- [[Purana]] admits of an infinity of kalpas; other Puranas enumerate thirty. A great kalpa comprises not a day, but a life of Brahma. [[In]] Vedic literature, kalpa is a [[Vedanga]] (q.v.). [[See]] Hardy, [[Manual]] of Buddhism, p. 1 sq., 7 sq. (See [[Kalpa-Sutra]]). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75498" /> == | |||
<p> A Braminical name for the immense period of time which separates one destruction of the world from the next, a day and a night of Brahma. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_47053"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/kalpa Kalpa from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_47053"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/kalpa Kalpa from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_75498"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/kalpa Kalpa from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 20:17, 11 October 2021
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
designates in Hindu chronology the Brahminical period of one day and night, and corresponds to a period of 4,320,000,000 solar sidereal years, or years of mortals, measuring the duration of the world, and, according to many, including even the interval of its annihilation. The Bhavishya- Purana admits of an infinity of kalpas; other Puranas enumerate thirty. A great kalpa comprises not a day, but a life of Brahma. In Vedic literature, kalpa is a Vedanga (q.v.). See Hardy, Manual of Buddhism, p. 1 sq., 7 sq. (See Kalpa-Sutra).
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A Braminical name for the immense period of time which separates one destruction of the world from the next, a day and a night of Brahma.
