於住劫中人壽自十歲每百年增一年至人壽八萬四千歲之間,謂之增劫。
The kalpaof increment, during which human life increases by one year every century, from an initial life of ten years, till it reaches 84,000 (and the body from 1 foot to 8,400 feet in height), in the 滅劫 similarly diminishing.
一增劫 為「減劫」之對稱。於住劫中,人壽每百年增一歲,從十歲至八萬歲之間,稱為增劫。一個世界之成立、持續、破壞,及至轉變為另一世界之成立、持續、破壞,其過程可分為成、住、壞、空等四個時期,稱為四劫。住劫,即器世間與眾生世間安穩與持續之時期。於四劫之中,唯住劫有增劫、減劫。〔大毘婆沙論卷一三五、俱舍論卷十二〕p7486
人壽由十歲起,每百年增一歲,增至八萬四千歲之間,叫做增劫。