kalpa
[ kuhl-puh ]
/ ˈkʌl pə /
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noun Hinduism.
a thousand cycles of Maha Yugas.
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Origin of kalpa
Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1785–95
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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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