阿彌陀經疏 1.199

1.199

答：「是小劫。如梁朝《攝論》，以行年雙等歲為一數，數過六十數為一阿僧祇劫，謂五年兩𨳝為一雙，即一雙、二雙，乃至十雙、百雙、千雙、萬雙，乃至阿僧祇雙名一小劫。所以知是雙等劫者，《華嚴經》云：娑婆一劫當彼一日一夜，即以彼三十日為一日，乃至十二月為一歲，五年有兩𨳝為一雙，乃至僧祇雙故。」

Answer: "They are small kalpas. As in the Liang dynasty translation of the *Mahāyānasaṃgraha*, taking pairs of equal elapsed years as one count, when the count exceeds sixty counts, it is one asaṃkhyeya kalpa; this means that five years with two leap months make one pair, namely one pair, two pairs, up to ten pairs, a hundred pairs, a thousand pairs, ten thousand pairs, and up to an asaṃkhyeya of pairs, which is called a small kalpa. The reason we know they are pairs of equal kalpas is that the *Avataṃsaka Sūtra* says: One kalpa in the Sahā world corresponds to one day and one night there; taking thirty of those days as one month, up to twelve months as one year, five years having two leap months as one pair, up to an asaṃkhyeya of pairs."