Glorious Kalpa ［荘厳劫］ ( Shōgon-kō): One of the three kalpas, the other two being the present Wise Kalpa and the future Constellation Kalpa. The major kalpa immediately preceding the present one. Each major kalpa consists of four medium kalpas—a kalpa of formation, a kalpa of continuance, a kalpa of decline, and a kalpa of disintegration. According to The Record of the Three Thousand Buddhas of the Three Kalpas, the kalpa of continuance of the Glorious Kalpa was graced by the advent of a thousand Buddhas in succession, the first named Flower Glow Buddha, and the last, Vishvabhū Buddha.