KALPA

Meaning of KALPA in English

ˈkəlpə noun

( -s )

Etymology: Sanskrit

: a duration of time in Hinduism covering a complete cosmic cycle from the origination to the destruction of a world system — compare yuga

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

KALPA — (n.) One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years. At the end of each Kalpa the world is …
Английский словарь Webster
KALPA — ( n. ) One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years. At the end of each Kalpa the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KALPA — /kul"peuh/ , n. Hinduism. a thousand cycles of Maha Yugas. [ 1785-95; ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KALPA — n. (in Hinduism) immensely long period of time between the creation and end of the world
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KALPA — noun one of the brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years. at the end of each kalpa the world is …
Webster English vocab
KALPA — [ 'kalpə ] ■ noun (in Hindu and Buddhist tradition) the period between the creation and end of the world, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
KALPA — n. Hinduism & Buddhism the period between the beginning and the end of the world considered as the day of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KALPA — n. Hinduism & Buddhism the period between the beginning and the end of the world considered as the day of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KALPA — n. Hinduism & Buddhism the period between the beginning and the end of the world considered as the day of …
Oxford English vocab
KALPA — (индийское) (мифология) калпа, мировой период (=4320 млн. лет)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KALPA — Кальпа
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
KALPA — n инд. миф. калпа, мировой период ( = 4320 млн. лет )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KALPA — (n) калпа; мировой период
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KALPA — n инд. миф. калпа, мировой период ( = 4320 млн. лет )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
KALPA — n инд. миф. калпа, мировой период ( = 4320 млн. лет )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
KALPA — (индийское) (мифология) калпа, мировой период (=4320 млн. лет)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
KALPA-SUTRA — a text held in great honour by the Svetambara sect of Jainism, a religion of India. It deals with the …
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YUGA — Unit of the cosmic cycle in Hindu cosmology. Each yuga is progressively shorter than the preceding one, corresponding to a …
Английский словарь Британика
SMRTI — Class of Hindu sacred literature that is based on human memory, as distinct from the Veda s, which are considered …
Английский словарь Британика
MAHAVIRA — orig. Vardhamana born traditionally с 599, Kshatriyakundagrama, India died traditionally 527 BCE, Pavapuri Indian reformer of the Jain monastic community, …
Английский словарь Британика
YUGA — ˈyu̇gə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit, yoke, pair, race of men, age of the world — more at yoke …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRALAYA — ˈprələyə noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit, literally, end, destruction : a period of dissolution or destruction …
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MANVANTARA — manˈvantərə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit, from maver man + antara interval, period of time : one of the …
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YUGA — in Hindu cosmology, an age of mankind. Each yuga is progressively shorter than the preceding one, corresponding to a decline …
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SRAUTA-SUTRA — any of a number of Hindu ritual manuals used by priests engaged in the performance of the grander Vedic sacrifices, …
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SMRTI — (Sanskrit: Recollection), that class of Hindu sacred literature based on human memory, as distinct from Vedic literature, which is considered …
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PARYUSANA — (Sanskrit), Prakrit Pajjusana a popular eight-day festival in Jainism, a religion of India. It generally is celebrated by members of …
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PARSHVANATHA — also called Parshva the 23rd Tirthankara (Ford-maker, i.e., saviour) of the present age, according to Jainism, a religion of India. …
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GRHYA-SUTRA — any of the Hindu religious manuals detailing the domestic (grhya) religious ceremonies performed by the householder over his own fire. …
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BAHUBALI — also called Gommateshvara According to the traditions of the Indian religion Jainism, the son of the first Tirthankara (Ford-maker, i.e., …
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YUGA — Unit of the cosmic cycle in Hindu cosmology. Each yuga is progressively shorter than the preceding one, corresponding to a …
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