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kalpaकल्पkálpa mf(A)n. (√ kḷp), practicable, feasible, possible, [ŚBr. ii, 4, 3, 3]
proper, fit, able, competent, equal to (with gen. loc., inf., or ifc.; e.g. dharmasya kalpaḥ, competent for duty; svakarmaṇi na kalpaḥ, not competent for his own work; yadā na śāsituṃ kalpaḥ, if he is not able to rule), [BhP.]
kálpa m. a sacred precept, law, rule, ordinance (= vidhi, nyāya), manner of acting, proceeding, practice (esp. that prescribed by the Vedas), [RV. ix, 9, 7]; [AV. viii, 9, 10]; [xx, 128, 6]-[11]; [MBh.]
(prathamaḥ kalpaḥ, a rule to be observed before any other rule, first duty, [Mn. iii, 147]; [MBh.] &c.; etena kalpena, in this way; cf. paśu-k°, &c.)
the most complete of the six Vedāṅgas (that which prescribes the ritual and gives rules for ceremonial or sacrificial acts), [MuṇḍUp.]; [Pāṇ.] &c.
one of two cases, one side of an argument, an alternative (= pakṣa; cf. vikalpa), [Sarvad.]
investigation, research Comm. on [Sāṃkhyak.]
resolve, determination, [MW.]
(in medic.) treatment of the sick, manner of curing, [Suśr. ii]
the art of preparing medicine, pharmacy, [Car.]
the doctrine of poisons and antidotes, [Suśr. i]
kálpa m. (ifc.) having the manner or form of anything, similar to, resembling, like but with a degree of inferiority, almost (e.g. abhedya-kalpa, almost impenetrable; cf. prabhāta-k°, mṛta-k°, &c.; according to native grammarians, so used is an accentless affix [[Pāṇ. v, 3, 67]], before which a final s is left unchanged, and final ī and ū shortened, [Pāṇ.]; [Vop.]; kalpam ind., may be also connected with a verb, e.g. pacati-kalpam, he cooks pretty well, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 57])
kálpa 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 śvetavārāha-kalpa of the fifty-first; at the end of a Kalpa the world is annihilated; hence is said to be equal to kalpānta below, [L.]; with Buddhists the Kalpas are not of equal duration), [VP.]; [BhP.]; [Rājat.] &c.
N. of Mantras which contain a form of √ kḷp, [TS. v]; [ŚBr. ix]
a kind of dance
N. of the first astrological mansion, [VarBṛS.]
N. of a son of Dhruva and Bhrami, [BhP. iv, 10, 1]
of Śiva, [MBh. xii, 10368]
the tree of paradise
= -taru below, [L.]
(with Jainas) a particular abode of deities (cf. -bhava and kalpātīta below)
kálpa n. a kind of intoxicating liquor (incorrect for kalya), [L.]
Nom. Ā. °pāyate, to become a Kalpa, to appear as long as a Kalpa, [Hcar.]
kalpamकल्पम्ind., may be also connected with a verb, e.g. pacati-kalpam, he cooks pretty well, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 57]
kalpagāकल्पगाkalpa—gā f. N. of a river, [ŚivP.]
kalpakaकल्पकkálpaka mfn. conforming to a settled rule or standard, [BhP. i, 8, 6]; [ix, 11, 1]
adopting, [Hariv.]
kálpaka m. a rite, ceremony, [MBh.] [[TBr. ii, 7, 18, 4] of doubtful meaning Comm. kaplaka]
a barber (cf. kalpanī; Lith. kerpikas), [L.]
a kind of Curcuma (commonly karcūra), [L.]
kalpanāकल्पनाf. making, manufacturing, preparing, [Suśr.]; [BhP.]
practice, [Car.]
fixing, settling, arranging, [Mn. ix, 116]; [Yājñ.]
creating in the mind, feigning, assuming anything to be real, fiction, [KapS.] &c.
hypothesis, [Nyāyam.]
caparisoning an elephant, [Daś.]
form, shape, image
a deed, work, act, [Mṛcch.]
kalpanīकल्पनीf. a pair of scissors or shears, [L.]
kalpanaकल्पनn. forming, fashioning, making, performing, [L.]
‘forming in the imagination, inventing’, composition of a poem, [Prab.]
cutting, clipping, working with edge-tools, [VarBṛS.]
N. of a religious ceremony
anything put on for ornament, [MBh. xiii, 2784]
kalpatāकल्पताkalpa—tā f. fitness, ability, competency, [BhP. xi.]
kalpadruकल्पद्रुkalpa—dru m. = -taru above
N. of various works
kalpabhavaकल्पभवkalpa—bhava m. pl. N. of a class of deities among the Jainas.
kalpadhenuकल्पधेनुkalpa—dhenu f. N. of the cow of plenty.
kalpaśataकल्पशतkalpa—śata Nom. Ā. °tāyate, to appear as long as a hundred Kalpas.
kalpakāraकल्पकारkalpa—kāra m. an author of rules on ritual or ceremonies.
kalpalatāकल्पलताkalpa—latā f. a fabulous creeper granting all desires, [Śak.]; [Bhartṛ. ii, 38]
N. of various works [cf. kavik°]
kalpanāthaकल्पनाथkalpa—nātha m. N. of Indra, [Dharmaś.]
kalpanīyaकल्पनीयmfn. to be accomplished, practicable, possible Sch. on [ŚBr. ii, 4, 3, 3]
to be assumed, to be supposed, [Sarvad.] Comm. on [Nyāyam.] & [Bādar.]
to be arranged or settled, [VarBṛS.]
kalpapālaकल्पपालkalpa—pāla m. ‘order-preserver’, a king, [Rājat.] [-pālyā, Calc. ed. for -pālī]
kalpa—pāla mf(I). a distiller or seller of spirituous liquors, [Rājat.]
(see kalya-pāla.)
kalpataruकल्पतरुkalpa—taru m. one of the five trees (cf. pañca-vṛkṣa) of Svarga or Indra's paradise fabled to fulfil all desires (cf. saṃkalpa-viṣaya), the wishing tree, tree of plenty, [Hit.]; [Pañcat.]; [Ragh. i, 75], [xvii, 26]
any productive or bountiful source, [BhP. i, 1, 3]
(fig.) a generous person, [MW.]
N. of various works
kalpavāyuकल्पवायुkalpa—vāyu m. the wind that blows at the end of a Kalpa, [W.]
kalpavaṭaकल्पवटkalpa—vaṭa n. N. of a Tīrtha, [KapSaṃh.]
kalpavidhiकल्पविधिkalpa—vidhi m. a rule resembling a ceremonial injunction, [MW.]
kalpaśākhinकल्पशाखिन्kalpa—śākhin m. = -taru.
kalpadūṣyaकल्पदूष्यkalpa—dūṣya n. cloth produced by the Kalpa-taru, [Buddh.]
kalpadrumaकल्पद्रुमkalpa—druma m. = -taru above, [Rājat.]; [Daś.]; [Kum. ii, 39]; [Pañcat. iii, 10]
N. of various works [cf. kavi-k° and śabdak°]
kalpadvīpaकल्पद्वीपkalpa—dvīpa m. a particular Samādhi, [Kāraṇḍ.]
kalpakṣayaकल्पक्षयkalpa—kṣaya m. the end of a Kalpa, destruction of the world, [Kathās.]
kalpamātraकल्पमात्रkalpa—mātra m. N. of Śiva, [MBh. xii, 10368.]
kalpanṛtyaकल्पनृत्यkalpa—nṛtya n. a particular kind of dance.
kalpasthānaकल्पस्थानkalpa—sthāna n. the art of preparing drugs, [Car. vii]
the science of poisons and antidotes, [Suśr.]
kalpasūtraकल्पसूत्रkalpa—sūtra n. N. of various ceremonial guides or manuals containing short aphoristic rules for the performance of Vedic sacrifices
N. of a medicinal work
N. of a Jaina work giving the life of Mahāvīra
kalpavallīकल्पवल्लीkalpa—vallī f. = -latā, [Kathās. i, 66]
[lii, 21].
kalpavarṣaकल्पवर्षkalpa—varṣa m. N. of a prince (son of Vasu-deva and Upa-devā).
kalpavṛkṣaकल्पवृक्षkalpa—vṛkṣa m. = -taru, [MBh.]; [Śak.]; [Kum. vi, 6]; [Megh.]; [Mṛcch.]
kalpavrataकल्पव्रतkalpa—vrata n. a partic. observance, [AV.] Paddh.
kalpayuktiकल्पयुक्तिkalpa—yukti f. N. of wk.
kalpakataruकल्पकतरुkalpaka—taru m. = kalpataru above.
kalpakedāraकल्पकेदारkalpa—kedāra m. N. of a medical work by Kālīśiva.
kalpalatikāकल्पलतिकाkalpa—latikā f. = -latā, [Bhartṛ. i, 89]
a kind of magical pill.
kalpanavidhiकल्पनविधिkalpana—vidhi m. a particular method of preparing (food), [Bhpr.]
kalpapādapaकल्पपादपkalpa—pādapa m. = -taru above, [Naiṣ.]
kalpatantraकल्पतन्त्रkalpa—tantra n. N. of wk.
kalpadrumībhūकल्पद्रुमीभूkalpa—drumī-√ bhū to become a Kalpa-druma, [Kathās.]
kalpadrumatāकल्पद्रुमताkalpa—druma—tā f. state of possessing the qualities of a Kalpa-druma, [Ragh. xiv, 48]
kalpamahīruhकल्पमहीरुह्kalpa—mahīruh (ṭ), m. = -taru, [Rājat. i, 1]; [Kathās.]
kalpanāśaktiकल्पनाशक्तिkalpanā-śakti f. the power of forming ideas, [MW.]
kalpapradīpaकल्पप्रदीपkalpa—pradīpa m. N. of wk.
kalpaviṭapinकल्पविटपिन्kalpa—viṭapin m. = -taru, [Kathās. xxii, 29]
[lxxxvi, 77].
kalpayitavyaकल्पयितव्यmfn. to be assumed, to be supposed, to be conceived Comm. on [Bādar. ii, 2, 13.]
kalpamahīruhaकल्पमहीरुहkalpa—mahīruha m. = -taru, [Rājat. i, 1]; [Kathās.]
kalpasiddhāntaकल्पसिद्धान्तkalpa—siddhānta m. N. of a Jaina work.
kalpatarurasaकल्पतरुरसkalpa—taru—rasa m. a particular kind of mixture, [Bhpr.]
kalpavivaraṇaकल्पविवरणkalpa—vivaraṇa n. N. of wk.
kalpacintāmaṇiकल्पचिन्तामणिkalpa—cintā-maṇi m. N. of wk.
kalpadrukalikāकल्पद्रुकलिकाkalpa—dru—kalikā f. N. of wk. by Lakṣmī Vallabha expounding the Kalpa-sūtra of the Jainas.
kalpapradīpikāकल्पप्रदीपिकाkalpa—pradīpikā f. N. of wk.
kalpavṛkṣalatāकल्पवृक्षलताkalpa—vṛkṣa—latā f. N. of wk. by Lollaṭa.
kalpalatātantraकल्पलतातन्त्रkalpa—latā—tantra n. N. of a Tantra
kalpalatāvatāraकल्पलतावतारkalpa—latāvatāra m. N. of a comm. of Kṛṣṇa on the Bījagaṇita.
kalpadrumāvadānaकल्पद्रुमावदानkalpa—dru°māvadāna n. N. of a Buddhist work.
kalpadrumakalikāकल्पद्रुमकलिकाkalpa—druma—kalikā f. = -drukalikā above
kalpadrumatantraकल्पद्रुमतन्त्रkalpa—druma—tantra n. N. of wk.
kalpalatāprakāśaकल्पलताप्रकाशkalpa—latā—prakāśa m. N. of a comm. on the Viṣṇu-bhakti-latā.
kalpasūtravyākhyāकल्पसूत्रव्याख्याkalpa—sūtra—vyākhyā f. N. of a commentary on the Jaina Kalpa-sūtra.
kalpataruparimalaकल्पतरुपरिमलkalpa—taru—parimala m. N. of wk.