住じゅう劫こう

noun

kalpa of existence; second aeon of the universe

Buddhist cosmological term; one of the four kalpas (四劫), the period during which the world exists after its formation.

See also: 四劫

• 住じゅう劫こうは、仏ぶっ教きょうの宇う宙ちゅう論ろんで世せ界かいが存そん続ぞくする期き間かんを指さす。

  The kalpa of existence refers to the period during which the world endures in Buddhist cosmology.