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कल्प

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कल्प (kalpa).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kəlp/, [kɐlp]

Noun

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कल्प (kalpm

  1. rule, practice, age
  2. (mythology) an aeon, the period of a day of Brahmā, 1,000 yugas or 4,320,000,000 years, measuring the duration of the world
  3. an age, era

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From कॢप् (kḷp) +‎ -अ (-a, nominalizing suffix).

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Adjective

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कल्प (kálpa) stem

  1. practicable, feasible, possible
  2. proper, fit, able, competent, equal to

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of कल्प
singular dual plural
nominative कल्पः (kálpaḥ) कल्पौ (kálpau)
कल्पा¹ (kálpā¹)
कल्पाः (kálpāḥ)
कल्पासः¹ (kálpāsaḥ¹)
vocative कल्प (kálpa) कल्पौ (kálpau)
कल्पा¹ (kálpā¹)
कल्पाः (kálpāḥ)
कल्पासः¹ (kálpāsaḥ¹)
accusative कल्पम् (kálpam) कल्पौ (kálpau)
कल्पा¹ (kálpā¹)
कल्पान् (kálpān)
instrumental कल्पेन (kálpena) कल्पाभ्याम् (kálpābhyām) कल्पैः (kálpaiḥ)
कल्पेभिः¹ (kálpebhiḥ¹)
dative कल्पाय (kálpāya) कल्पाभ्याम् (kálpābhyām) कल्पेभ्यः (kálpebhyaḥ)
ablative कल्पात् (kálpāt) कल्पाभ्याम् (kálpābhyām) कल्पेभ्यः (kálpebhyaḥ)
genitive कल्पस्य (kálpasya) कल्पयोः (kálpayoḥ) कल्पानाम् (kálpānām)
locative कल्पे (kálpe) कल्पयोः (kálpayoḥ) कल्पेषु (kálpeṣu)
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Feminine ā-stem declension of कल्पा
singular dual plural
nominative कल्पा (kálpā) कल्पे (kálpe) कल्पाः (kálpāḥ)
vocative कल्पे (kálpe) कल्पे (kálpe) कल्पाः (kálpāḥ)
accusative कल्पाम् (kálpām) कल्पे (kálpe) कल्पाः (kálpāḥ)
instrumental कल्पया (kálpayā)
कल्पा¹ (kálpā¹)
कल्पाभ्याम् (kálpābhyām) कल्पाभिः (kálpābhiḥ)
dative कल्पायै (kálpāyai) कल्पाभ्याम् (kálpābhyām) कल्पाभ्यः (kálpābhyaḥ)
ablative कल्पायाः (kálpāyāḥ)
कल्पायै² (kálpāyai²)
कल्पाभ्याम् (kálpābhyām) कल्पाभ्यः (kálpābhyaḥ)
genitive कल्पायाः (kálpāyāḥ)
कल्पायै² (kálpāyai²)
कल्पयोः (kálpayoḥ) कल्पानाम् (kálpānām)
locative कल्पायाम् (kálpāyām) कल्पयोः (kálpayoḥ) कल्पासु (kálpāsu)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
Neuter a-stem declension of कल्प
singular dual plural
nominative कल्पम् (kálpam) कल्पे (kálpe) कल्पानि (kálpāni)
कल्पा¹ (kálpā¹)
vocative कल्प (kálpa) कल्पे (kálpe) कल्पानि (kálpāni)
कल्पा¹ (kálpā¹)
accusative कल्पम् (kálpam) कल्पे (kálpe) कल्पानि (kálpāni)
कल्पा¹ (kálpā¹)
instrumental कल्पेन (kálpena) कल्पाभ्याम् (kálpābhyām) कल्पैः (kálpaiḥ)
कल्पेभिः¹ (kálpebhiḥ¹)
dative कल्पाय (kálpāya) कल्पाभ्याम् (kálpābhyām) कल्पेभ्यः (kálpebhyaḥ)
ablative कल्पात् (kálpāt) कल्पाभ्याम् (kálpābhyām) कल्पेभ्यः (kálpebhyaḥ)
genitive कल्पस्य (kálpasya) कल्पयोः (kálpayoḥ) कल्पानाम् (kálpānām)
locative कल्पे (kálpe) कल्पयोः (kálpayoḥ) कल्पेषु (kálpeṣu)
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Noun

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कल्प (kálpa) stemn

  1. a kind of intoxicating liquor

Declension

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Neuter a-stem declension of कल्प
singular dual plural
nominative कल्पम् (kálpam) कल्पे (kálpe) कल्पानि (kálpāni)
कल्पा¹ (kálpā¹)
vocative कल्प (kálpa) कल्पे (kálpe) कल्पानि (kálpāni)
कल्पा¹ (kálpā¹)
accusative कल्पम् (kálpam) कल्पे (kálpe) कल्पानि (kálpāni)
कल्पा¹ (kálpā¹)
instrumental कल्पेन (kálpena) कल्पाभ्याम् (kálpābhyām) कल्पैः (kálpaiḥ)
कल्पेभिः¹ (kálpebhiḥ¹)
dative कल्पाय (kálpāya) कल्पाभ्याम् (kálpābhyām) कल्पेभ्यः (kálpebhyaḥ)
ablative कल्पात् (kálpāt) कल्पाभ्याम् (kálpābhyām) कल्पेभ्यः (kálpebhyaḥ)
genitive कल्पस्य (kálpasya) कल्पयोः (kálpayoḥ) कल्पानाम् (kálpānām)
locative कल्पे (kálpe) कल्पयोः (kálpayoḥ) कल्पेषु (kálpeṣu)
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Noun

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कल्प (kálpa) stemm

  1. a sacred precept, law, rule, ordinance, manner of acting, proceeding, practice (especially that prescribed by the Vedas)
    Synonyms: विधि (vidhi), न्याय (nyāya)
  2. prathamaḥ kalpaḥ, a rule to be observed before any other rule, first duty
  3. the most complete of the six Vedangas (that which prescribes the ritual and gives rules for ceremonial or sacrificial acts)
  4. one of two cases, one side of an argument, an alternative
    Synonyms: पक्ष (pakṣa), विकल्प (vikalpa)
  5. investigation, research commentator or commentary on
  6. resolve, determination
  7. (medicine) treatment of the sick, manner of curing
  8. the art of preparing medicine, pharmacy
  9. the doctrine of poisons and antidotes
  10. having the manner or form of anything, similar to, resembling, like but with a degree of inferiority, almost
  11. a fabulous period of time (a day of Brahma or one thousand yugas, a period of four thousand, three hundred and twenty millions of years of mortals, measuring the duration of the world; a month of brahmā is supposed to contain thirty such kalpas. According to the Mahabharata, twelve months of brahmā constitute his year, and one hundred such years his lifetime; fifty years of brahmā's are supposed to have elapsed, and we are now in the śvetavārāha kalpa of the fifty-first; at the end of a kalpa the world is annihilated; hence kalpa is said to be equal to kalpānta below; with Buddhists the kalpas are not of equal duration)
  12. name of mantras which contain a form of kḷp
  13. a kind of dance
  14. name of the first astrological mansion
  15. name of a son of dhruva and bhrami
  16. the tree of paradise
    Synonym: तरु (taru)
  17. a particular abode of deities

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of कल्प
singular dual plural
nominative कल्पः (kálpaḥ) कल्पौ (kálpau)
कल्पा¹ (kálpā¹)
कल्पाः (kálpāḥ)
कल्पासः¹ (kálpāsaḥ¹)
vocative कल्प (kálpa) कल्पौ (kálpau)
कल्पा¹ (kálpā¹)
कल्पाः (kálpāḥ)
कल्पासः¹ (kálpāsaḥ¹)
accusative कल्पम् (kálpam) कल्पौ (kálpau)
कल्पा¹ (kálpā¹)
कल्पान् (kálpān)
instrumental कल्पेन (kálpena) कल्पाभ्याम् (kálpābhyām) कल्पैः (kálpaiḥ)
कल्पेभिः¹ (kálpebhiḥ¹)
dative कल्पाय (kálpāya) कल्पाभ्याम् (kálpābhyām) कल्पेभ्यः (kálpebhyaḥ)
ablative कल्पात् (kálpāt) कल्पाभ्याम् (kálpābhyām) कल्पेभ्यः (kálpebhyaḥ)
genitive कल्पस्य (kálpasya) कल्पयोः (kálpayoḥ) कल्पानाम् (kálpānām)
locative कल्पे (kálpe) कल्पयोः (kálpayoḥ) कल्पेषु (kálpeṣu)
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