成じょう劫こう

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

• 仏ぶっ教きょうの宇う宙ちゅう論ろんでは、成じょう劫こうは世せ界かいが形けい成せいされる期き間かんを指さす。

  In Buddhist cosmology, the kalpa of formation refers to the period when a world is formed.