འཛམ་བུའི་གླིང་གི་ཚེ་ལོའི་གྲངས། | Glossary of Terms

འཛམ་བུའི་གླིང་གི་ཚེ་ལོའི་གྲངས།

’dzam bu’i gling gi tshe lo’i grangs

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Jambudvīpa years

The Sūtra on Maitreya’s Birth in the Heaven of Joy

Jambudvīpa years

འཛམ་བུའི་གླིང་གི་ཚེ་ལོའི་གྲངས།

’dzam bu’i gling gi tshe lo’i grangs

閻浮提歲

Definition in this text:

The length of a year as experienced by a sentient being born on Jambudvīpa in the desire realm.

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