Purakalpa, Purākalpa, Pura-kalpa: 8 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexPurākalpa (पुराकल्प).—(ety.) one of the ten lakṣanas of the Brāhmaṇa.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 59. 137.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Sacred Texts: The Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30)Purākalpa (पुराकल्प) refers to “traditions”, as found in the Brāhmaṇas, according to the Āpastamba-yajña-paribhāṣā-sūtras.—“the name Veda belongs both to the Mantras and Brāhmaṇas. The Brāhmaṇas are the precepts for the sacrifice. The rest of the Brāhmaṇa, that which does not contain precepts, consists of explanations, i.e. reproof, praise, stories, and traditions [viz., Purākalpa]”.
Commentary: It is difficult to find words corresponding to technical terms in Sanskrit. Arthavāda, which I have translated by explanation, means not only the telling of the meaning, but likewise the telling of the object; parakṛti, story, means literally the action of another; purākalpa, traditions, means the former state. The difference between the two is stated to be that parakṛti refers to the act of one person, purākalpa to that of several. This subject is fully treated in the Pūrva-mīmāṃsā. Satyavrata begins a new Sūtra with “reproof” (nindā).
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPurākalpa (पुराकल्प).—
1) a former creation; सिद्धसंघपरिज्ञातं पुराकल्पं सनातनम् (siddhasaṃghaparijñātaṃ purākalpaṃ sanātanam) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 14.35.23.
2) a story of the past.
3) a former age; द्यूतमेतत् पुराकल्पे दृष्टं वैरकरं महत् (dyūtametat purākalpe dṛṣṭaṃ vairakaraṃ mahat) Manusmṛti 9.227; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.41.35.
4) A passage descriptive of past events; MS.6.7.26.
Derivable forms: purākalpaḥ (पुराकल्पः).
Purākalpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms purā and kalpa (कल्प).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPurākalpa (पुराकल्प).—m.
(-lpaḥ) 1. A former creation. 2. An old story, a story, of the past.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPurākalpa (पुराकल्प).—[masculine] the past or a tale of the past.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Purākalpa (पुराकल्प):—[=purā-kalpa] [from purā > pur] m. a former creation, former age ([locative case] sg. or [plural] in the olden time), [Upaniṣad; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] = [preceding] [Mahābhārata]
3) [v.s. ...] the performance of sacrificial acts in former times, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa] (pref.)
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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.
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Starts with: Purakalpavid.
Ends with: Tripurakalpa.
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