kalpa

[ kuhl-puh ]

/ ˈkʌl pə /

noun Hinduism.

a thousand cycles of Maha Yugas.

Origin of kalpa

Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1785–95

Words nearby kalpa

kalmia, Kalmuck, Kalmykia, Kalmyk Republic, kalong, kalpa, kalpak, kalpis, kalsomine, Kaluga, kaluresis

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Example sentences from the Web for kalpa

The thirtieth and last praçna of the great Kalpa Sūtra of Āpastamba is a treatise of this class.
A History of Sanskrit Literature|Arthur A. MacDonell
Kalpa, kal′pa, n. a day of Brahma, a period of 4320 million years.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
Its position, however, within the Kalpa Sūtra of its school is not so fixed as in the two previous cases.
A History of Sanskrit Literature|Arthur A. MacDonell
It forms two (26–27) of the twenty-nine chapters of the Kalpa Sūtra belonging to the school of Hiraṇyakeçin.
A History of Sanskrit Literature|Arthur A. MacDonell

He creates anew when he wakes on the morning of the next Kalpa.
Indian Myth and Legend|Donald Alexander Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for kalpa

kalpa

/ (ˈkælpə) /

noun

(in Hindu cosmology) a period in which the universe experiences a cycle of creation and destruction

Word Origin for kalpa

C18: Sanskrit

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单词	kalpa
释义	kalpa [ kuhl-puh ] / ˈkʌl pə / noun Hinduism. a thousand cycles of Maha Yugas. Origin of kalpa Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1785–95 Words nearby kalpa kalmia, Kalmuck, Kalmykia, Kalmyk Republic, kalong, kalpa, kalpak, kalpis, kalsomine, Kaluga, kaluresis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for kalpa The thirtieth and last praçna of the great Kalpa Sūtra of Āpastamba is a treatise of this class. A History of Sanskrit Literature\|Arthur A. MacDonell Kalpa, kal′pa, n. a day of Brahma, a period of 4320 million years. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)\|Various Its position, however, within the Kalpa Sūtra of its school is not so fixed as in the two previous cases. A History of Sanskrit Literature\|Arthur A. MacDonell It forms two (26–27) of the twenty-nine chapters of the Kalpa Sūtra belonging to the school of Hiraṇyakeçin. A History of Sanskrit Literature\|Arthur A. MacDonell He creates anew when he wakes on the morning of the next Kalpa. Indian Myth and Legend\|Donald Alexander Mackenzie British Dictionary definitions for kalpa kalpa / (ˈkælpə) / noun (in Hindu cosmology) a period in which the universe experiences a cycle of creation and destruction Word Origin for kalpa C18: Sanskrit Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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