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kalpa

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkʌlpə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkælpə/
  • General-American: /ˈkʌlpə/
  • rhymes with -ʌlpə
  • rhymes with -ælpə
  • homophone: culpa

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noun

Meaning 1

A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four yugas).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Hinduism

Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Sanskrit कल्प (kalpa, literally “formation”).

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: ကပ် (kap) — time period
  • Chinese Cantonese: 劫 (gip3) — time period
  • Hakka Chinese: 劫 (kiap) — time period
  • Chinese: 劫 (kiap) — time period
  • Chinese Mandarin: 劫 (jié) — time period
  • Chinese Mandarin: 元 (yuán) — time period
  • Japanese: 劫 (kō) — time period
  • Japanese: 劫 (gō) — time period
  • Korean: 겁 (geop) — time period
  • Sanskrit: कल्प (kalpa) — time period
  • Thai: กัป (gàp) — time period
  • Thai: กัลป์ (gan) — time period
  • Vietnamese: kiếp — time period
Real reading context

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