Kalakalpa, Kālakalpa, Kala-kalpa: 5 definitions
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Kalakalpa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKālakalpa (कालकल्प).—a fatal, deadly.
Kālakalpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and kalpa (कल्प).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālakalpa (कालकल्प).—mfn.
(-lpaḥ-lpā-lpaṃ) Like death, fatal, deadly. E. kāla, and kalpa Loike.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālakalpa (कालकल्प):—[=kāla-kalpa] [from kāla] mfn. like death, fatal, deadly.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālakalpa (कालकल्प):—[kāla-kalpa] (lpaḥ-lpā-lpaṃ) a. Like death.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKālakalpa (ಕಾಲಕಲ್ಪ):—[noun] a man who is or thought to be the personification of terror; a death-god like man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 7 - Kālakalpa is Liberated by the Touch of Gaṅgā-water < [Section 7 - Kriyāyogasāra-Khaṇḍa (Section on Essence of Yoga by Works)]
The Nilamata Purana (by Dr. Ved Kumari)