kalpanaM [ kxp lyuw ] 1 Forming, fashioning, arranging. 2 Performing, doing, effecting. 3 Clipping, cutting. 4 Fixing. 5 Anything placed upon another for decoration. — nA 1 Fixing, settlement; anekapitfkARAM tu pitfto BAgakalpanA Y. 2. 120 , 247 ; Ms. 9. 116. 2 Making, performing, doing. 3 Forming, arranging; vizamAsu ca kalpanAsu Mk. 3. 14 ; keSa° Mk. 4. 4 Decorating, ornamenting. 5 Composition. 6 Invention. 7 Imagination, thought; kalpanApoQaH Sk. = kalpanAyA apoQaH . 8 An idea, fancy or image (conceived in the mind); Śānti. 2. 8. 9 Fabrication. 10 Forgery. 11 A contrivance, device. 12 (In Mīm. phil. ) = arTApatti q. v. 13 Decorating an elephant.