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ཚའ་མཐའ་མད notes.131

The Limits of Life notes.131

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notes.131

131. According to the Tib. The Skt. reads kalpa āyuṣaḥ pramāṇaṃ, “one eon,” which is the same as in the AKBh(P) on AK III.80; cf. AKBh(D), pp. 532ff. The Pāli scholastic tradition presents yet different numbers for the lifespans of the three Brahma-devas (cf. Gethin 1998, 117): brahma-pārisajjā: “⅓ aeon; brahma-purohitā ½ aeon; mahā-brahmā 1 aeon.”