kalpa
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kalpa
Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1785–95
Example Sentences
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IV The fourth Teacher in the present kalpa was Sākya Muni, or Gautama Buddha, who was born in a Royal family in India about 2,500 years ago.
From The Buddhist Catechism by Henry Steel Olcott
Transfer this experience from man to God; consider it not as abstract and apparent, but as concrete and real, and you have the Hindu doctrine of the kalpa.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
And 'All beings at the end of a kalpa return into my Nature, and again, at the beginning of a kalpa, do I send them forth.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by George Thibaut
In the Puranas creation is a process renewed after each kalpa, or vast mundane period.
From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Andrew Lang
The end of a kalpa, or cycle of manifestation, is symbolized by the presence on a planet of many avatars, masters, and angels.
From Cosmic Consciousness by Alexander J. (Alexander James) McIvor-Tyndall
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