kalpa , m. , also nt. ( 1 ) ( cf. Skt. id. style, manner, fashion , chiefly in Bhvr. cpds. , BR s.v. 2b), in tatpuruṣa cpds. , esp. gṛhi-kalpa, tīrthika-k°, ṛṣi-k°, appearance, aspect (of), resemblance (to), sometimes replaced by ākalpa (as in Skt. , ornament or attire ), and parallel with gupti (gupta), liṅga, dhvaja (see s.v. gupti for citations); ( 2 ) ifc. , said to mean indifferent, alike in regard to … , in vāsīcandanakalpa , q.v. ; ( 3 ) (not recognized in Skt. or Pali Dictt. , tho Childers gives thought as one mg. of kappa), (false) fancy , (vain) imagining , often with vikalpa and parikalpa , qq.v. : LV 34.11 (prose) sarva-kalpa-vikalpa-parikalpaprahāṇāya; others s.v. parikalpa ; 250.16 (prose) akalpaṃ tad dhyānam avikalpam aniñjanam …; 419.17 ( vs ) saṃkalpa-( q.v. ; instr. ?)-kalpajanitena ayonisena bhavate avidya …; 420.11 ( vs ) yasmin na kalpa na vikalpa (so most mss. ); 422.20 akalpāvikalpa-dharmanayavistīraṇacakraṃ; Laṅk 57.3 (vividha-)kalpa-vikalpitam, discriminated by various false imaginings ; et alibi in Laṅk ; Divy 629.18 ( vs , printed as prose) (a list of sins attributed to brahmans, … śāṭhyaṃ) ca dhaurtyaṃ ca tathaiva kalpam ( nom. sg. !); ( 4 ) as in Skt. (and Pali kappa), world-age ; various kinds, largely but not entirely parallel to Pali usage (best statement of this in Childers ): Dharmas 87 lists antara-, mahā-, śūnya-, sāra-k° (all m. ), qq.v. : Mvy has the first two, also bhadra-k° , q.v. , 8292 ; saṃvarta- and vivarta-k° , qq.v. , 8279—80 ; see asaṃkhyeya , adj. , which does not seem to be used in BHS , or at least in the texts included in this Dict. , as it is stated to be in Pali , as n. of a particular kind of kalpa; ( 5 ) n. of a king: Av ii.102.6 ff. See kalpa-kaṣāya and following cpds. ; also kalpam , adv. ; in kalpa-dūṣya or °duṣya , and °puṣpa , qq.v. , kalpa = kalpa-vṛkṣa, as in Skt. Lex.
kalpa a. [ kxp-GaY ] 1 Practicable, feasible, possible. 2 Proper, fit, right. 3 Strong, vigorous. 4 Able, competent (with a gen. , loc. ; inf. or at the end of comp. ); Darmasya, yaSasaH, kalpaH Bhāg. able to do his duty &c.; svakriyAyAmakalpaH ibid. not competent to do one's duty; akalpa ezAmaDiroQumaMjasA padaM ibid. , so svaBaraRAkalpa &c. — lpaH 1 A sacred precept or rule, law, ordinance. 2 A prescribed rule, a prescribed alternative, optional rule; praBuH praTamakalpasya yo'nukalpena vartate Ms. 11. 30 ‘able to follow the prescribed rule to be observed in preference to all others’; praTamaH kalpaH M. 1 a very good (or best) alternative; eza vE praTamaH kalpaH pradAne havyakavyayoH Ms. 3. 147. 3 (Hence) A proposal, suggestion, resolve, determination; udAraH kalpaH Ś. 7. 4 Manner of acting, procedure, form, way, method (in religious rites); kzAtreRa kalpenopanIya U. 2 ; kalpaditkalpayAmAsa vanyAmevAsya saMviDAM R. 1. 94 ; Ms. 7. 185. 5 End of the world, universal destruction. 6 A day of Brahmā or 1,000 Yugas, being a period of 432 million years of mortals and measuring the duration of the world; SrISvetavArAhakalpe (the one in which we now live); kalpaM sTitaM tanuBftAM tanuBistataH kim Śānti. 4. 2. 7 Medical treatment of the sick. 8 One of the six Vedāṅgas, i. e. that which lays down the ritual and prescribes rules for ceremonial and sacrificial acts; see under vedAMga . 9 A termination added to nouns and adjectives in the sense of ‘a little less than,’ ‘almost like,’ ‘nearly equal to,’ (denoting similarity with a degree of inferiority); kumArakalpaM suzuve kumAraM R. 5. 36 ; upapannametadasminnfzikalpe rAjani Ś. 2 ; praBAtakalpA SaSineva SarvarI R. 3. 2 ; so mftakalpaH, pratipannakalpaH &c. 10 The doctrine of poisons and antidotes. 11 One of the trees of paradise; cf. kalpadruma . — lpA -lpaM A kind of intoxicating liquor. Comp. — aMtaH ( pb ) end of the world, universal destruction; Bh. 2. 16. °sTAyin a. lasting to the end of a kalpa . — Adi renovation of all things in the creation. — kAraH 1 author of Kalpasūtra, q. v. 2 a barber. — kzayaH end of the world, universal destruction; e. g. purA kalpakzaye vftte jAtaM jalamayaM jagat Ks. 2. 10. — taruH, -drumaH , — padapaH, -vfkzaH 1 one of the trees of heaven or Indra's paradise; R. 1. 75 ; 17. 26 ; Ku. 2. 39 ; 6. 41. 2 a tree supposed to grant all desires, ‘wish-yielding tree’; na budDa kalpadrumatAM vihAya jAtaM tamAtmanyasipatravfkzaM R. 14. 48 ; N. 1. 15. 3 ( fig. ) a very generous person; sakalArTisArTakalpadrumaH Pt. 1. — pAlaH 1 a protector of order. 2 a seller of spirituous liquors. — latA, -latikA 1 a creeper of Indra's paradise: Bh. 1. 90. 2 a creeper supposed to grant all desires; nAnAPalEH Palati kalpalateva BUmiH Bh. 2. 46 ; cf. kalpataru above. — vid a. conversant with sacred precepts; R. 1. 94. — sUtraM a manual of ritual in the form of Sūtras.