Amalakalpa, Amala-kalpa: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāAmalakalpa (अमलकल्प) refers to the “stainless aeon”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as the Lord said to Śrīgupta: “Good, very good, householder, you fully understand the meaning of what I have preached. I prophesy that you, having honoured, revered, venerated, and worshipped all Buddhas in the good aeon (bhadrakalpa) with your mind and highest intension, will practice the holy life in their places, and will grasp the true dharma. After that, since you have pleased innumerable Buddhas, after seven hundred innumerable aeons, in the stainless aeon (amalakalpa), you will be born in the world as the Tathāgata Sarvaparyutthānavikiraṇa, equipped with knowledge, conduct and other qualities, the Awakened Lord”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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Partial matches: Amala, Kalpa.
Full-text: Bhadrakalpa.
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