[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [俱舍論頌疏論本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823) › 12.15 # 俱舍論頌疏論本 12.15 俱舍論頌疏論本 12.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.12.15) 「應知有四劫，謂壞成中大。 壞從獄不生，至外器都盡。 成劫從風起，至地獄初生。 中劫從無量，減至壽唯十， 次增減十八，後增至八萬， 如是成已住，名中二十劫。 成壞壞已空，時皆等住劫。 八十中大劫，大劫三無數。」 > 'One should know there are four kalpas, > Namely, dissolution, formation, intermediate, and great. > Dissolution is from \[beings\] not being born in hell > Until the external vessel is completely gone. > Formation is from the rising of the wind > Until the first birth in hell. > An intermediate kalpa is from an immeasurable \[lifespan\] > Decreasing until the lifespan is only ten; > Next, eighteen increases and decreases, > And finally it increases to eighty thousand. > Having thus formed, it endures; > This is called the twenty intermediate kalpas. > Formation, dissolution, and the void after dissolution > Are all equal in time to the enduring kalpa. > Eighty intermediate \[kalpas make\] a great kalpa; > A great kalpa \[multiplied by\] three is incalculable.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.12.14) - [Next: 12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.12.16) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823~en-mt.12.15) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [阿毘達磨順正理論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.abhidharma.abhidharmakosa!nyayanusara*zh-xuanzang.32.15) — Classical Chinese - [阿毘達磨俱舍論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.abhidharma.abhidharmakosa!bhasya*zh-xuanzang.12.13) — Classical Chinese - [阿毘達磨藏顯宗論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.abhidharma.abhidharmakosa!abhidharmakosasastrakarikabhasya*zh-xuanzang.17.21) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.12.15) · Pramāṇa