also: じょうごう
noun
kalpa of formation; aeon of creation
Buddhist term for the first of the four kalpas (四劫), the period during which a world is formed. Used in doctrinal contexts.
See also: 四劫
仏教の宇宙論では、成劫は世界が形成される期間を指す。
In Buddhist cosmology, the kalpa of formation refers to the period when a world is formed.
四劫 is the collective term for the four kalpas (成劫, 住劫, 壊劫, 空劫), while 成劫 specifically refers to the first one, the kalpa of formation.
From Middle Chinese 成劫, a Buddhist term composed of 成 (formation) and 劫 (kalpa, aeon).