kalpa

American  

[kuhl-puh] / ˈkʌl pə /

noun

Hinduism.

1. a thousand cycles of Maha Yugas.

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kalpa British  

/ ˈkælpə /

noun

1. (in Hindu cosmology) a period in which the universe experiences a cycle of creation and destruction

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Etymology

Origin of kalpa

Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1785–95

Example Sentences

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 McIvor-Tyndall, Alexander J. (Alexander James)

Each kalpa of creation is called a day of Brahma; each kalpa of destruction, a night of Brahma.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

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 Alger, William Rounseville

In the Puranas creation is a process renewed after each kalpa, or vast mundane period.

From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Lang, Andrew

Even as at the end of the great kalpa, those holding the law who die, when the rolling sound of the mysterious thunder-cloud severs the forests, upon these there shall fall the rain of immortality.

From Sacred Books of the East by Various