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The Maha-Kalpa embraces the whole lifetime of Brahmā, which is of 100 years (1 year are 12 of his months, which consist of 30 days each). | The Maha-Kalpa embraces the whole lifetime of Brahmā, which is of 100 years (1 year are 12 of his months, which consist of 30 days each). | ||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Kalpa# Kalpa] at Theosopedia | *[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Kalpa# Kalpa] at Theosopedia | ||
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Kalpa is a Sanskrit word ((devanāgarī: कल्प) meaning a relatively long period of time (by human calculation) in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology. The concept is first mentioned in the Mahabharata. The definition of a kalpa equalling 4.32 billion years is found in the Puranas (specifically Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata Purana). A kalpa is also said to be a day of Brahmā, and consists of a thousand cycles of four yugas or ages.
In the Theosophical teaching of cycles of evolution a Kalpa is the time of existence of our Planetary Chain, that is, the seven rounds.[1]
Maha-Kalpa
Brahmā’s months are said to be 30 of his days long and his year is 12 of his months; his lifetime is said to be 100 of his years.
The Maha-Kalpa embraces the whole lifetime of Brahmā, which is of 100 years (1 year are 12 of his months, which consist of 30 days each).
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. XIII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1982), 301.
Further reading
- Kalpa at Theosopedia