Constellation Kalpa ［星宿劫］ ( Shōshuku-kō): One of the three kalpas—the past Glorious Kalpa, the present Wise Kalpa, and the future Constellation Kalpa. The major kalpa following the present one. According to The Record of the Three Thousand Buddhas of the Three Kalpas, in this Constellation Kalpa a thousand Buddhas will appear in succession, the first being the Buddha Sunlight and the last being the Buddha Sumeru Appearance. According to The Record of the Lineage of the Buddha and the Patriarchs, the Constellation Kalpa is so called because the Buddhas who will appear in this kalpa are as numerous as the constellations in the heavens.