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Kalpoddaha, ǻ, Kalpa-uddaha: 3 definitions

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Kalpoddaha means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kalpoddaha in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

ǻ (कल्पोद्दाह) or Mahā첹ǻ refers to the “great fire at the end of the kalpa�, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen 屹ṇi첹-󲹰 (‘special attributes�)]� [...] (7). The Buddha has no loss of zeal. [...] In the horse-jewel (śٲԲ), even if it has arrived at its destination, the desire to go forward never ceases and persists until death. It is the same for the Buddha-Jewel. When the great fire at the end of the kalpa (-첹ǻ) has burned and consumed the ٰ󲹲󲹲ǰ첹ٳ, the power of fire has not disappeared. It is the same for the fire of the Buddha’s wisdom: when he has burned up all the passions (ś) and illumined all things, the zeal associated with this wisdom (ñ-ṃpܰٲ-󲹲Ի岹) is not extinguished. [...]�.

: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

ǻ (कल्पोद्दाह) refers to the “time of the final conflagration�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Just as, son of good family, open space does not get burned at the time of the final conflagration (첹ǻ) and is not flooded in the destruction by 507 water [at the end of an aeon], in such a way, the meditation of the Bodhisattva does not get burned by any affliction and is not attached to the [four] meditations, [eight] liberations, concentrations, and attainments of meditation. [The meditation of Bodhisattva] establishes living beings with distracted thoughts in the state of concentration. [...]�.

: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

ǻ (कल्पोद्दाह) refers to the “conflagration of the aeon�, according to the ղٳṇḍⲹ첹貹Ჹ, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [after the Bhagavān reached the lotus-lake near Aḍakavatī], “Then Vairambhaka, a Yakṣa leader belonging to the retinue of Māra, uttered a voice and sounded a cry in the Triple Thousand Great Thousand Universe, ‘Great dangers have arisen in the world, there is the conflagration of the aeon (첹ǻ) in seven days. There is nothing here that will not burn completely from the highest point of the universe to Avīci’�.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.

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