కల్పము

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit कल्प (kalpa) +‎ -ము (-mu).

Noun

కల్పము • (kalpamu) ? (plural కల్పములు)

1. An age.

   బ్రహ్మకల్పము.

   brahmakalpamu.

   an age of Brahma equal to many millions of years.

2. A religious rule.
3. A code or description of religious rites.
4. A legend or pious tale.

   వ్రతకల్పము.

   vratakalpamu.

   the legend or book regarding this observance.

5. A series of publications as of a journal.

   ప్రథమకల్పము.

   prathamakalpamu.

   first series.

6. (Hinduism) One of the six Vedangas, that which prescribes the rituals.

Adjective

కల్పము • (kalpamu)

1. That which equivalent to or that which is almost the same as.
2. A word (like ish, in blackish, whitish) denoting similarity.

   ద్వీపకల్పము ― dvīpakalpamu ― a peninsula

References

• "కల్పము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 260