Lexicographical Neighbors of Kalpas
Literary usage of Kalpas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the Science of Religion by Friedrich Max Müller (1872)
"never exceeds eight kalpas. They are there spiritual beings ... (duration, four
kalpas). (6) Abh'isvara (duration, eight kalpas). ..."
2. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"HISTORY OF made to reconcile the duration of the kalpas with PART v. the duration
of the ... kalpas."
3. A Manual of Budhism, in Its Modern Development by Robert Spence Hardy (1860)
"100000 kalpas previous to the Maha Bhadra kalpa, there was one Budha, ... In the
Manda-kalpa, 30000 kalpas previous to the present kalpa, there were two ..."
4. Guide to Buddahood: Being a Standard Manual of Chinese Buddhism by Timothy Richard (1907)
"Their life lasts through 20 small kalpas. Their bodies are a yojana in height
... These kalpas are periods during which a physical -universe is formed and ..."
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