減劫

(減劫, 减劫)

The decreasing (sa) kalpas in which the period of life is gradually reduced, as the [lang id =1028]增減 are the (sa) kalpas of increase; together they form twenty (sa) kalpas, ten diminishing and ten increasing; but there are other definitions.

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人壽由八萬四千歲起， 每百年減一歲， 減至只有十歲， 在這減壽的時期， 叫做減劫。