# कल्प (kalpa)

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कल्प (kalpa) is a Sanskrit word meaning practicable, feasible, possible, proper, fit, able, competent, or equal to, a sacred precept, law, rule, or ordinance, a primary rule or first duty, in this way, investigation or research. Its 59 recorded definitions are grouped into 11 contexts, among them Adjectival: Feasible, Able, Proper, Rule, Ordinance, or Prescribed Conduct, Cosmological Time Period (Aeon).

- **Root:** कॢप् (kḷp)
- **SLP1:** `kalpa`  **IAST:** kalpa  **Devanagari:** कल्प
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpa_%28time%29
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kalpa/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** काल्प (kālpa), कल्पा (kalpā)

## Meanings by context

### Adjectival: Feasible, Able, Proper (11 definitions)
- practicable, feasible, possible  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 262,2] 1. कल्प (kalpa) mf( आ (ā) )n. (√ कॢप् (kḷp) ), practicable, feasible, possible, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) ii, 4, 3, 3 [ ID=46069 ]
- proper, fit, able, competent, or equal to  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > proper, fit, able, competent, equal to (with gen. loc., inf., or ifc.; e.g. धर्मस्य कल्पः (dharmasya kalpaḥ), competent for duty; स्वकर्मणि न कल्पः (svakarmaṇi na kalpaḥ), not competent for his own work; यदा न शासितुं कल्पः (yadā na śāsituṃ kalpaḥ), if he is not able to rule), BhP. [ ID=46070 ]
- Practicable, feasible, possible  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 0388-a ] कल्प (kalpa) a. [ कॢप् - घञ् (kḷp-ghañ) ] 1 Practicable, feasible, possible
- Proper, fit, right  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 0388-a ] कल्प (kalpa) a. [ कॢप् - घञ् (kḷp-ghañ) ] 2 Proper, fit, right
- Strong, vigorous  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 0388-a ] कल्प (kalpa) a. [ कॢप् - घञ् (kḷp-ghañ) ] 3 Strong, vigorous
- Able or competent  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 0388-a ] कल्प (kalpa) a. [ कॢप् - घञ् (kḷp-ghañ) ] 4 Able, competent (with a gen., loc.; inf. or at the end of comp. ); धर्मस्य, यशसः, कल्प (kalpa) ः (dharmasya, yaśasaḥ, kalpaḥ) Bhāg. able to do his duty &c.; स्वक्रियायामकल्प (kalpa) ः (svakriyāyāmakalpaḥ) ibid. not competent to do one's duty; अकल्प (kalpa) (akalpa) एषामधिरोढुमंजसा पदं (eṣāmadhiroḍhumaṃjasā padaṃ) ibid., so स्वभरणाकल्प (kalpa) (svabharaṇākalpa) &c
- 1. Feasible or possible. 2. Able or fit for. 3. Similar to or like. 4. A precept, rule, usage, or manner. 5. A body of ritual rules. 6. A cosmic period equal to a day of Brahma.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 064-3 ] कल्प (kalpa) kálp-a, a. feasible, possible; able to, fit for ( g., lc., inf., —° ); nearly equal to, like ( —° ); after an a. —°, almost; m. precept, rule, usage, manner; body of rules on ritual ( one of the six Vedāṅgas ); cosmic period (= a day of Brahma = 1000 Yugas ). prathamaḥ kalpaḥ, chief, original law. [ ID=5636 ]
- 1. Practicable. 2. Proper, able, or competent.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 175-08 ] कल्प (kalpa) (I) a. (f. ल्पा (lpā) ) 1. Practicable, feasible; 2. proper, able, competent (either with a gen. loc. or inf., or at the end of a compound, e.g. धर्मस्य कल्प (kalpa) ः (dharmasya kalpaḥ) ‘competent for duty,’ स्वकर्मणि न कल्प (kalpa) ः (svakarmaṇi na kalpaḥ) ‘not able to do one’s work,’ न शासितुं कल्प (kalpa) ः (na śāsituṃ kalpaḥ) ‘not able to rule.’). [ ID=8649 ]
- 1. Able. 2. Being a match for or able to protect. 3. A sacred precept or rule. 4. Performance, usage, or an act. 5. Manner. 6. The rules concerning rites, one of the six Vedangas. 7. An epithet of Vishnu and Shiva. 8. A day of Brahman, lasting a period of one thousand yugas or the duration of the world. 9. Toxicology.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 0169-a ] कल्प (kalpa) kalpa, i. e. kḷp + a, I. adj., f. pā. 1. Able, Bhāg. P. 1, 6, 7; with infin., 4, 13, 42. 2. Being a match for, able to protect (with gen. ), Bhāg. P. 8, 23, 22. II. m. 1. A sacred precept, Man. 5, 74. 2. A rule, Man. 3, 147. 3. Performance, MBh. 13, 4728; usage, Daśak in Chr. 189, 17; an act, Śāk. 99, 15. 4. Manner, Man. 1, 112. 5. The rules concerning rites, one of the six Vedāngas, Man. 2, 140. 6. A desig- nation of Viṣṇu as containing all the Page0169-b+ 44 sacred precepts, MBh. 13, 953; of Śiva, 12, 10368. 7. A day of Brahman, a period of 1000 yugas, the duration of the world, Bhāg. P. 3, 11, 23. 8. Toxicology, Suśr. 1, 8, 5. III. Comp. when the latter part of a comp. adj., f. pā, almost like, Rām. 1, 5, 21; 3, 52, 46. A-, adj. unable, with loc., Bhāg. P. 7, 12, 23; with infin., 4, 3, 21. Purā-, m. 1. a former creation, Man. 9, 227. 2. a tale of past ages. Pūrva-, m. time of old, MBh. 9, 2732. Prathama-, m. a principal rule, Man. 11, 30. Pra- sanna- ( vb. sad ), adj. almost quiet, Daśak. in Chr. 200, 6. Yathā-kalpa + m, adv. according to rule, Rām. 1, 11, 14. [ ID=3107 ]
- 1. Feasible or possible. 2. Fit or capable. 3. Rule, custom, or manner. 4. Resembling or similar to. 5. A vast period of time representing a day of Brahma.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 113 ] कल्प (kalpa) a. feasible, possible; fit for, able to, capable of ( gen., loc., inf., or —°). m. ordinance, rule, esp. for ceremonial or sacrificial acts, practise, custom, manner, way ( adj. —° having the manner or way of —. i.e. resembling —, similar to —; after an adj. almost, as it were); a fabulous period of time, a day of Brahman or 1000 yugas. एतेन कल्प (kalpa) ेन (etena kalpena) in this way. प्रथमः कल्प (kalpa) ः (prathamaḥ kalpaḥ) or प्रथमकल्प (kalpa) ः (prathamakalpaḥ) primary rule ( opp. अनुकल्प (kalpa) (anukalpa) ), chief matter, main point. [ ID=7316 ]
- 1. Practicable, feasible, or possible. 2. Proper, fit, able, or competent. 3. Strong or vigorous. 4. A sacred precept, law, ordinance, manner of acting, or practice prescribed by the Vedas. 5. The Vedanga prescribing ritual and ceremonial acts. 6. Treatment of the sick or the doctrine of poisons and antidotes. 7. Resembling or similar to, with a degree of inferiority. 8. A resolve, determination, propriety, fitness, optionality, alternative, or doubt. 9. A fabulous period of time measuring a day of Brahma or four hundred and thirty-two million mortal years. 10. The destruction of the world. 11. One of the trees of paradise granting all desires.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 0212-c ] कल्प (kalpa) kalpa, as, ā, am (fr. rt. kḷp ), prac- ticable, feasible, possible; proper, fit, able, competent (with gen., loc., inf., and at the end of a compound, Page0213-a+ 81 e. g. dharmasya kalpaḥ, competent for duty; sva- karmaṇi na kalpaḥ, not competent for his own work; yadā na śāsituṃ kalpaḥ, if he is not able to rule); strong, vigorous; kalpe vayasi, in the vigorous period of life; ( as ), m. a sacred precept, law, ordi- nance [cf. vidhi, nyāya ]; manner of acting, pro- ceeding, practice prescribed by the Vedas (e. g. pra- thamaḥ kalpaḥ, a rule to be observed before any other rule, first duty; etena kalpena, in this way; paśu-kalpa, the rites at the animal sacrifice; na kalpa-mātre, not according to the mere letter of the rule without regard to its spirit); the most complete of the six Vedāṅgas, that which prescribes the ritual and gives rules for ceremonial or sacrificial acts; (in medic.) treatment of the sick, manner of curing (e. g. kalpetara, one cured or treated differ- ently); the doctrine of poisons and antidotes; (at the end of an adjective compound) having the manner or form of anything, similar to, resembling, like but with a degree of inferiority (e. g. prabhāta-kalpā śarvarī, the night which is something similar to dawn, i. e. the night at the approach of dawn; mṛ- ta-kalpa, similar to a dead person, almost dead; abhedya-kalpa, almost impenetrable; according to native grammarians kalpa so used is an accentless affix, before which a final s is left unchanged, and final ī and ū shortened; native authorities also con- nect kalpa with a simple verb, thus pacati-kalpam, he cooks pretty well); a resolve, a determination; pro- priety, fitness (?); optionality, alternative [cf. vi-kalpa ], doubt; a fabulous period of time, a day of Brahmā or 1000 Yugas, a period of four hundred and thirty- two million years of mortals, measuring the duration of the world; (a month of Brahmā is supposed to contain thirty such Kalpas; according to the Mahā- bhārata twelve months of Brahmā constitute his year, and one hundred such years his lifetime; fifty years of Brahmā are supposed to have elapsed, and we are now in the śvetavārāha-kalpa of the fifty-first. The Kalpa, in the same way as the Saṃvatsara or year, is personified as son of Dhruva and Bhrami; at the end of a Kalpa the world is annihilated; hence kalpa is sometimes used for kalpānta or the de- struction of the world); N. of certain sentences or verses containing the verb kḷp; one of the trees of paradise, see kalpa-taru below; (with Jainas) a term for a particular abode of the deities [cf. kalpa-bhava and kalpātīta ]; ( am or ā ), m. f. a kind of intoxicating liquor; [cf. a-kalpa, anu-kalpa, upa-kalpa, &c.] —Kalpa-kāra, as, m. an author of ritual or ceremonial rules. —Kalpa-kedāra, a medical work by Kālīśiva. —Kalpa-kṣaya, as, m. the end of a Kalpa, end of the world, destruction of all things. —Kalpa-gā, f., N. of a river. —Kalpa-taru, us, m. one of the trees of Svarga or Indra's paradise, a fabulous tree, granting all desires, hence figuratively a generous person; title of a work on jurisprudence; also a work of Lakṣmīdhara; also one of Vācaspati. —Kalpa-dru, us, m. = kalpa-taru, also N. of a lexicon by Keśava. —Kalpa-druma, as, m. = kalpa- taru; a work on jurisprudence; also a Tantra work; the collection of roots by Vopadeva is called Kavi- kalpadruma, the tree from which poets obtain all desired roots; and the modern encyclopedia of Rā- dhākānta is entitled Śabda-kalpadruma, the tree which satisfies every desire for words. —Kalpa-pā- dapa, as, m. = kalpa-taru above. —Kalpa-pāla, as, m. a protector of order, a legitimate prince; a person who distils or sells spirituous liquors. —Kalpa- bhava, ās, m. pl., N. of a certain class of deities. —Kalpa-mahīruh, ṭ, m. = kalpa-vṛkṣa. —Kal- pa-yukti, title of a work by Budha. —Kalpa-latā, f. a creeper yielding everything desired; Kalpalatā- vatāra, title of a commentary of Kṛṣṇa on the Vīja-gaṇita; Kalpalatā-prakāśa, title of a com- mentary on the Viṣṇu-bhaktilatā. —Kalpa-latikā, f. = kalpa-latā above; ( Śabda-k°, title of a dic- tionary.) —Kalpa-varṣa, as, m., N. of a son of Vasu-deva and Upa-devā. —Kalpa-vallī, f. = kalpa- latā above. —Kalpa-vāyu, us, m. the wind that is to blow at the end of the world. —Kalpa-viṭapin, Page0213-b+ 77 ī, m. or kalpa-vṛkṣa, as, m. the fabulous tree of Indra's heaven; see above. —Kalpa-vidhi, is, m. a rule resembling a ceremonial injunction. —Kalpa- vṛkṣa-latā, f. a work by Lollaṭa. —Kalpa-sūtra, am, n. a Sūtra manual of ritual; also a medicinal work and a work of the Jaina sect so called. —Kalpa- sūtra-vyākhyā, f. a Jaina work on the Kalpasūtras. —Kalpātīta (°pa-at°), ās, m. pl., N. of a certain class of deities. —Kalpādi (°pa-ādi), is, m. the beginning of a Kalpa, the renovation of all things. —Kalpānupada (°pa-an°), am, n. title of a work belonging to the Sāma-veda. —Kalpānta (°pa-an°), as, m. the end of a Kalpa, the destruction of the world. —Kalpāntara (°pa-an°), am, n. another Kalpa. —Kalpānta-sthāyin, ī, inī, i, lasting to the end of a Kalpa. [ ID=14044 ]

### Rule, Ordinance, or Prescribed Conduct (8 definitions)
- 1. A sacred precept, law, rule, or ordinance. 2. A manner of acting or practice, especially as prescribed by the Vedas.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > कल्प (kalpa) m. a sacred precept, law, rule, ordinance (= विधि (vidhi), न्याय (nyāya) ), manner of acting, proceeding, practice ( esp. that prescribed by the Vedas), Ṛg-veda (Title) ix, 9, 7; Atharva-veda (Title) viii, 9, 10; xx, 128, 6 - 11; MBh. [ ID=46071 ]
- 1. A primary rule or first duty. 2. In this way.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( प्रथमः कल्पः (prathamaḥ kalpaḥ), a rule to be observed before any other rule, first duty, Manu-smṛti (Title) iii, 147; MBh. &c. एतेन कल्पेन (etena kalpena), in this way; cf. पशु - क् (paśu-k) ° (°), &c.) [ ID=46072 ]
- A sacred precept, rule, law, or ordinance  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ल्पः (lpaḥ) 1 A sacred precept or rule, law, ordinance
- 1. A prescribed rule. 2. A prescribed alternative.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ल्पः (lpaḥ) 2 A prescribed rule, a prescribed alternative, optional rule; प्रभुः प्रथमकल्पस्य योऽनुकल्पेन (prabhuḥ prathamakalpasya yo'nukalpena) वर्तते (vartate) Manusmṛti 11. 30 ‘able to follow the prescribed rule to be observed in preference to all others’; प्रथमः कल्पः (lpaḥ) (prathamaḥ kalpaḥ) Mālavikāgnimitra (Bombay) 1 a very good (or best) alternative; एष वै प्रथमः कल्पः (lpaḥ) (prathamaḥ kalpaḥ) प्रदाने (eṣa vai prathamaḥ kalpaḥ pradāne) हव्यकव्ययोः (havyakavyayoḥ) Manusmṛti 3. 147
- Manner of acting, procedure, form, way, or method  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ल्पः (lpaḥ) 4 Manner of acting, procedure, form, way, method (in religious rites); क्षात्रेण कल्पेनोपनीय (kṣātreṇa kalpenopanīya) Uttararāmacarita 2; कल्पदित्कल्पयामास वन्यामेवास्य संविधां (kalpaditkalpayāmāsa vanyāmevāsya saṃvidhāṃ) Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 1. 94; Manusmṛti 7. 185
- conversant with sacred precepts  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — विद् (vid) a. conversant with sacred precepts; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 1. 94
- 1. A sacred precept or ordinance. 2. A manner of proceeding or acting, especially in religious ceremonies. 3. The end of the world or universal destruction. 4. A day of Brahman, covering 432 million mortal years. 5. Medical treatment for the sick. 6. A suffix indicating similarity with a degree of inferiority. 7. A resolve or determination. 8. One of the six Vedangas prescribing ritual and ceremonial acts. 9. A prescribed rule or optional alternative.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्प (kalpa) (II) m. 1. A sacred precept, an ordinance; 2. manner of acting, proceeding, M. vii.185, especially in religious ceremonies, कल्प (kalpa) वित्कल्प (kalpa) यामास वन्यामेवास्य संनिधानम् (kalpavitkalpayāmāsa vanyāmevāsya saṃnidhānam) R. i.94; 3. end of the world, universal destruction; 4. a day of Brahman (m.) covering 432 million years of mortals and measuring the duration of the world, कल्प (kalpa) ं स्थितं तनुभृतां तनुभिस्तनः किम् (kalpaṃ sthitaṃ tanubhṛtāṃ tanubhistanaḥ kim) Sant.S. iv.2; 5. medical treatment of the sick; 6. a termination denoting similarity with a degree of inferiority, विषकल्प (kalpa) ं मनो वेत्सि यदि जीवसि तत्सखे (viṣakalpaṃ mano vetsi yadi jīvasi tatsakhe) K.Pr. x. or प्रभातकल्प (kalpa) ा शशिनेव शर्वरी (prabhātakalpā śaśineva śarvarī) R. iii.2, or उपपन्नमेतदस्मिन् ऋषिकल्प (kalpa) े राजनि (upapannametadasmin ṛṣikalpe rājani) Sak. ii. or कार्यं त्वया नः प्रतिपन्नकल्प (kalpa) म् (kāryaṃ tvayā naḥ pratipannakalpam) K.S. iii.14; 7. a resolve, a determination; 8. one of the six Vedāngas, viz., that which prescribes the ritual and gives rules for ceremonial and sacrificial acts. See under वेदांग (vedāṃga); 9. a prescribed rule, a prescribed alternative, optionality. प्रथमः कल्प (kalpa) ः (prathamaḥ kalpaḥ) ‘a rule to be observed in preference to others, first duty, best alternative,’ प्रभुः प्रथमकल्प (kalpa) स्य योऽनुकल्प (kalpa) ेन वर्तते (prabhuḥ prathamakalpasya yo'nukalpena vartate) M. xi.30, प्रथमः कल्प (kalpa) ः (prathamaḥ kalpaḥ) Sak. iii., M. iii.147. [ ID=8650 ]
- 1. Ordinance or precept. 2. Manner or way.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 140-a ] kálpa, m. ordinance, precept; manner, way; etena kalpena, in this way. [ ID=1067 ]

### Cosmological Time Period (Aeon) (6 definitions)
- a fabulous cosmic period of time  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 262,3] कल्प (kalpa) m. a fabulous period of time (a day of Brahmā 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 MBh., 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 श्वेतवाराह - कल्प (kalpa) (śvetavārāha-kalpa) of the fifty-first; at the end of a Kalpa the world is annihilated; hence कल्प (kalpa) is said to be equal to कल्प (kalpa) ा (kalpā) न्त (nta) below, L.; with Buddhists the Kalpas are not of equal duration), VP.; BhP.; Rājat. &c. [ ID=46081 ]
- to become or appear as long as a Kalpa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 263,1] 2. कल्प (kalpa) Nom. Ā. ° पायते (°pāyate), to become a Kalpa, to appear as long as a Kalpa, Hcar. [ ID=46169 ]
- End of the world or universal destruction  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ल्पः (lpaḥ) 5 End of the world, universal destruction
- A day of Brahma, equal to one thousand yugas or 432 million mortal years, measuring the duration of the world.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ल्पः (lpaḥ) 6 A day of Brahmā or 1,000 Yugas, being a period of 432 million years of mortals and measuring the duration of the world; श्रीश्वेतवाराहकल्पे (śrīśvetavārāhakalpe) (the one in which we now live); कल्पं (kalpaṃ) स्थितं तनुभृतां तनुभिस्ततः किम् (sthitaṃ tanubhṛtāṃ tanubhistataḥ kim) Śāntiśataka by Śilhaṇa 4. 2
- a period of time  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 378-1 ] *kalpa (a period of time): II, 136 ( purāk°viśeṣavid, sc. Nārada); III, 1699 ( purāk°eṣu ); V, 1352 ( purāk°e ); VI, 2953 ( °saṅkṣepatatpara, sc. Kṛṣṇa); VII, 892 ( °ānte ); IX, 2732 ( pūrvak°e ); XII, 11227 ( yugaṃ dvādaśasāhasraṃ kalpaṃ viddhi caturyugaṃ | daśakalpaśatāvṛttam ahas tad Brāhmam ucyate ), 12752 ( atīte mahāk°e ), 12925 ( °ādau ), 12939 ( °ādiṣu ), 12980 ( mahāk°sahasrāṇi mahāk°śatāni ca samatītāni ), 13034 ( °ādau ), 13074 ( yāvat k°kṣayāt ), 13319 ( °ānte ); XIII, 3230 ( purāk°e ), 5281 ( mahākalpaṃ ); XIV, 876 ( purāk°vidaḥ ), 958 ( purāk°ṃ, adj.). [ ID=5215 ]
- the period of fourteen Manus or one thousand yugas followed by dissolution  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Kalpa (III) — the period of fourteen Manus or 1000 yugas followed by pralaya; 1 in the day Brahmā; in the night Nārāyaṇa sleeping over his couch Śeṣa the thirty kalpas and the thirty days of Brahmā. These are mixed, Tāmasa, rājasa and sātvika 2 from klipu, to introduce with intelli- gence; the fourteen samsthas Brahmā introduced and hence kalpa; 3 twenty-eight in number, each of two kalpārdhas; 4 the 14 kalpas made by Brahmā and hence the name. 5 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. II. 8. 12; IV. 9. 14; XII. 4. 2-3; Br. IV. 1. 116, 173 and 210; Vi. III. 2. 50-2; VI. 3. 12.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 290. 1-16.] [ Footnote: 3) Vā. 7. 77; 21. 28ff.] [ Footnote: 4) Vā. 21. 17-18; 22. 7; 30. 231: 59. 138; 61. 54 and 102.] [ Footnote: 5) Br. II. 6. 74.] [ ID=2672 ]

### Medical Application (Treatment, Pharmacy, Toxicology) (5 definitions)
- treatment of the sick  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in medic. ) treatment of the sick, manner of curing, Suśruta (Title) ii [ ID=46077 ]
- the art of preparing medicine  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the art of preparing medicine, pharmacy, Car. [ ID=46078 ]
- the doctrine of poisons and antidotes  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the doctrine of poisons and antidotes, Suśruta (Title) i [ ID=46079 ]
- Medical treatment of the sick  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ल्पः (lpaḥ) 7 Medical treatment of the sick
- The doctrine of poisons and antidotes  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ल्पः (lpaḥ) 10 The doctrine of poisons and antidotes

### Mythological Wish-Granting Tree (5 definitions)
- the tree of paradise  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the tree of paradise [ ID=46087 ]
- below  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = - तरु (-taru) below, L. [ ID=46088 ]
- One of the trees of paradise  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ल्पः (lpaḥ) 11 One of the trees of paradise; cf. कल्पद्रुम (kalpadruma)
- a tree  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — तरुः, - द्रुमः (taruḥ, -drumaḥ)
- 1. One of the trees of heaven or Indra's paradise. 2. A wish-yielding tree. 3. A very generous person.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — पदपः, - वृक्षः (padapaḥ, -vṛkṣaḥ) 1 one of the trees of heaven or Indra's paradise; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 1. 75; 17. 26; Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 2. 39; 6. 41. 2 a tree supposed to grant all desires, ‘wish-yielding tree’; न बुद्ध कल्पद्रुमतां (na buddha kalpadrumatāṃ) विहाय जातं तमात्मन्यसिपत्रवृक्षं (vihāya jātaṃ tamātmanyasipatravṛkṣaṃ) Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 14. 48; Naiṣadhacarita 1. 15. 3 ( fig. ) a very generous person; सकलार्थिसार्थकल्पद्रुमः (sakalārthisārthakalpadrumaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1

### Particle/Suffix: Resemblance or Approximation (5 definitions)
- resembling or similar to something, but with a degree of inferiority, or almost  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 262,1] कल्प (kalpa) m. ( ifc. ) having the manner or form of anything, similar to, resembling, like but with a degree of inferiority, almost ( e.g. अभेद्य - कल्प (kalpa) (abhedya-kalpa), almost impenetrable; cf. प्रभात - क् (prabhāta-k) ° (°), मृत - क् (mṛta-k) ° (°), &c. according to native grammarians, कल्प (kalpa) so used is an accentless affix [ Pāṇini (Author) v, 3, 67 ], before which a final स् (s) is left unchanged, and final ई (ī) and ऊ (ū) shortened, Pāṇini (Author); Vop.; कल्प (kalpa) म् (kalpam) ind., may be also connected with a verb, e.g. पचति - कल्प (kalpa) म् (kalpam) (pacati-kalpam), he cooks pretty well, Kāś. on Pāṇini (Author) viii, 1, 57 ) [ ID=46080 ]
- almost, in a slight degree  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1C) [Printed book page 262,3] कल्पम् (kalpam) ind., may be also connected with a verb, e.g. पचति - कल्पम् (kalpam) (pacati-kalpam), he cooks pretty well, Kāś. on Pāṇini (Author) viii, 1, 57 [ ID=46090.1 ]
- A suffix added to nouns and adjectives meaning a little less than, almost like, or nearly equal to.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ल्पः (lpaḥ) 9 A termination added to nouns and adjectives in the sense of ‘a little less than,’ ‘almost like,’ ‘nearly equal to,’ (denoting similarity with a degree of inferiority); कुमारकल्पं सुषुवे कुमारं (kumārakalpaṃ suṣuve kumāraṃ) Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 5. 36; उपपन्नमेतदस्मिन्नृषिकल्पे राजनि (upapannametadasminnṛṣikalpe rājani) Śakuntalā (Bombay) 2; प्रभातकल्पा शशिनेव शर्वरी (prabhātakalpā śaśineva śarvarī) Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 3. 2; so मृतकल्पः (lpaḥ), प्रतिपन्नकल्पः (lpaḥ) (mṛtakalpaḥ, pratipannakalpaḥ) &c
- 1. Like, but with a degree of inferiority. 2. A sacred work comprising the description of religious rites. 3. A day and night of Brahma measuring the duration and destruction of the world. 4. Destruction of the world. 5. A sacred precept or Vedic practice. 6. Propriety or fitness. 7. Optionality, alternative, or doubt. 8. Resolve or purpose. 9. One of the trees of Indra's paradise.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 202 ] कल्प (kalpa) mfn. ( - ल्पः (-lpaḥ)- ल्पा - ल्पं (-lpaḥ-lpā-lpaṃ) ) In composition; Like, but with a degree of inferiority. m. ( - ल्पः (-lpaḥ) ) 1 A Śāstra or sacred work; one of the six Vedāṅgas, and comprehending the description of religious rites. 2 A day and night of BRAHMĀ, a period of Page203 4,320,000,000 solar-sydereal-years or years of mortals, measuring the duration of the world, and as many, the interval of its annihilation. 3 A destruction of the world. 4 A sacred precept, practice prescribed by the Vedas for effecting certain consequences. 5 Propriety, fitness. 6 Optionality, alternative, doubt. 7 Resolve, purpose, any act of determination. 8 One of the trees of INDRA'S paradise or Svarga. E. कृष (kṛṣa) to be able, घः (ghaḥ) affix, ऋ (ṛ) is changed to अल् (al). [ ID=9594 ]
- 1. Like, but with a degree of inferiority, when used in composition. 2. A sacred work comprising the description of religious rites, forming one of the six Vedangas. 3. A day and night of Brahma, measuring the duration and destruction of the world. 4. A sacred precept or Vedic practice prescribed for effecting certain consequences. 5. Propriety or fitness. 6. Optionality, alternative, or doubt. 7. Resolve, purpose, or determination. 8. One of the trees of Indra's paradise.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 166-b ] कल्प (kalpa) mfn. ( - ल्पः (-lpaḥ)- ल्पा - ल्पं (-lpaḥ-lpā-lpaṃ) ) In composition; Like, but with a degree of inferiority. m. ( - ल्पः (-lpaḥ) ) 1. A Sastra or sacred work; one of the six Vedangas, and comprehending the description of religious rites. 2. A day and night of BRAHMA, a period of 4,320,000,000 Solarsydereal-years or years of mortals, measuring the duration of the world, and as many, the interval of its annihilation. 3. A destruction of the world. 4. A sacred precept, practice prescribed by the Vedas for effecting certain consequences. 5. Propriety, fitness. 6. Optionality, alternative, doubt. 7. Resolve, purpose, any act of determination. 8. One of the trees of INDRA'S paradise of Swarga. E. कृप् (kṛp) to be able, घ (gha) affix, ऋ (ṛ) is changed to अल् (al). [ ID=9589 ]

### Proper Name (Mythological Figure or Deity) (5 definitions)
- a son of Dhruva and Bhrami  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a son of Dhruva and Bhrami, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) iv, 10, 1 [ ID=46085 ]
- of Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Śiva, Mahābhārata (Title) xii, 10368 [ ID=46086 ]
- Shiva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Kalpa = Śiva (1000 names 1—2 ). [ ID=5216 ]
- a son of Dhruva and Bhrami  
  *The Purana Index*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 1-335 ] Kalpa (I) — a son of Dhruva and Bhramī. Bhā. IV. 10. 1. [ ID=2670 ]
- a nephew of Hiranyakashipu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Kalpa (II) — a nephew of Hiraṇyakaśipu. M. 6. 26. [ ID=2671 ]

### Resolve, Determination, or Alternative (4 definitions)
- one of two cases, one side of an argument, or an alternative  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > one of two cases, one side of an argument, an alternative (= पक्ष (pakṣa); cf. विकल्प (vikalpa) ), Sarvad. [ ID=46074 ]
- investigation or research  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > investigation, research Comm. on Sāṃkhyak. [ ID=46075 ]
- resolve, determination  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > resolve, determination, MW. [ ID=46076 ]
- A proposal, suggestion, resolve, or determination.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ल्पः (lpaḥ) 3 (Hence) A proposal, suggestion, resolve, determination; उदारः कल्पः (lpaḥ) (udāraḥ kalpaḥ) Śakuntalā (Bombay) 7

### Specific Technical or Cultural References (4 definitions)
- Mantras containing a form of the root klip  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Mantras which contain a form of √ कॢप् (kḷp), Taittirīya-saṃhitā (Title) v; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) ix [ ID=46082 ]
- a kind of dance  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a kind of dance [ ID=46083 ]
- the first astrological mansion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the first astrological mansion, VarBṛS. [ ID=46084 ]
- a particular abode of deities in Jainism  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (with Jainas) a particular abode of deities ( cf. - भव (-bhava) and कल्पा (kalpā) तीत (tīta) below) [ ID=46089 ]

### Vedāṅga: Ritual and Ceremonial Procedures (4 definitions)
- the most complete of the six Vedangas, prescribing ritual and rules for ceremonial or sacrificial acts  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the most complete of the six Vedāṅgas (that which prescribes the ritual and gives rules for ceremonial or sacrificial acts), MuṇḍUp.; Pāṇ. &c. [ ID=46073 ]
- one of the six Vedangas, prescribing rules for ceremonial and sacrificial acts  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ल्पः (lpaḥ) 8 One of the six Vedāṅgas, i. e. that which lays down the ritual and prescribes rules for ceremonial and sacrificial acts; see under वेदांग (vedāṃga)
- 1. A religious text or shastra. 2. A day and night of Brahma, equal to 4,320,000,000 years. 3. Like or resembling.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 170-a ] कल्प (kalpa) ( ल्पः ) ((lpaḥ)) 1. m. A shāstra; a day and night of Brahmā 4, 320,000,000 years. a. Like (in comp. ) [ ID=9028 ]
- Kalpa Sutra  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > कल्प (kalpa) [Printed book page 1-142 ] Kalpa in the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka (ii. 10) seems to denote Kalpa Sūtra. [ ID=541 ]

### Type of Intoxicating Liquor (2 definitions)
- a kind of intoxicating liquor  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > कल्प (kalpa) n. a kind of intoxicating liquor (incorrect for कल्य (kalya) ), L. [ ID=46090 ]
- A kind of intoxicating liquor  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ल्पा - ल्पं (lpā -lpaṃ) A kind of intoxicating liquor

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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