““In the Abhidharmakośa , time units finish with "year" ( saṃvatsara ). There is, however, another enormous unit of time that we could add, the kalpa , which is so long that it cannot be calculated in years. (The Chinese transliterated kalpa as kiap and translated it as "great time." In the Japanese game of Go there is a rule known as kō [Japanese for kiap ] to prevent stalemates through constant repetition. Without it, the game could continue indefinitely.)””
