[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) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 30.4 # 佛祖統紀 30.4 佛祖統紀 30.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [30.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.30.4) 梵語劫波。此云分別時節（智論）以人壽八萬四千歲。百年命減一年。減至十歲。百年增一年（或云子倍父壽）復增至八萬四千歲。如是一減一增為一小劫。二十增減為一中劫。總成住壞空四中為一大劫（新婆沙論）今論過去現在未來三世各一大劫。 > The Sanskrit word kalpa is translated here as 'differentiating periods of time' (Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa). Taking human lifespan at eighty-four thousand years, every hundred years the lifespan decreases by one year, decreasing until it reaches ten years; every hundred years it increases by one year (or it is said that the child doubles the lifespan of the father), increasing again up to eighty-four thousand years. Such one decrease and one increase constitutes one small kalpa. Twenty decreases and increases constitute one medium kalpa. Combining the four medium \[kalpas\] of formation, abiding, destruction, and void constitutes one great kalpa (New Mahāvibhāṣā). Here we discuss one great kalpa for each of the three times: past, present, and future. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 30.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.30.3) - [Next: 30.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.30.5) - [Up: 30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.30) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.30.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.30.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.30.4) · Pramāṇa