Kalpa (time)

This article is about the reckoning of time. For a discipline of Vedic literature, see Kalpa (Vedanga). For other uses, see Kalpa.

A kalpa is a long period of time (aeon) in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology, generally between the creation and recreation of a world or universe.[1]

  1. ^ "Chapter 36: The Buddhas in the three periods of time". Buddhism in a Nutshell Archives. Hong Kong: Buddhistdoor International. Retrieved 2014-12-21.