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Kalpa

/ˈkælpə/

A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 yugas).

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    A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 yugas).

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sutranoun(Buddhism, Hinduism) A scriptural narrative, especially a discourse of the Buddha.
mulanounA surname.
samnounA diminutive of the male given names Samuel or Samson.
calpanounAlternative form of kalpa. [(Hinduism, Buddhism) A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four yugas).]
yuganoun(Hinduism) In Hindu theology, a period of a few hundred or thousand years, or an epoch or era within a cycle of four ages: the Satya Yuga (or Krita Yuga), the Dvapara Yuga, the Treta Yuga and finally the Kali Yuga, with lengths ranging from 432,000 to 1,728,000 years.
kali yuganounIn Hinduism, the fourth and most evil of four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas, traditionally thought to have begun at midnight (00:00) on 18 February, 3102 B.C.E. under the Julian calendar (23 January under the Gregorian calendar), and lasts for 432,000 years.
kaliyuganounAlternative spelling of Kali Yuga. [In Hinduism, the fourth and most evil of four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas, traditionally thought to have begun at midnight (00:00) on 18 February, 3102 B.C.E. under the Julian calendar (23 January under the Gregorian calendar), and lasts for 432,000 years.]
dvapara yuganoun(Hinduism) The third of four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas; it lasts for 864,000 years.
kalachakranoun(religion) The "wheel of time", an element of Vajrayana Buddhism.
kalacakranounAlternative form of Kalachakra. [(religion) The "wheel of time", an element of Vajrayana Buddhism.]
varnanoun(Hinduism) any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes
phalgunanoun(Hinduism) The twelfth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.
kalinounTraditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.
kalkinoun(Hinduism) The tenth avatar of Vishnu.
dharmachakranoun(Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) The wheel of dharma (natural law; cosmic order), a motif in dharmic religions.
agyatwasnoun(Hinduism) A period of concealment or exile of the Pandavas.
dīpaṃkaranoun(Buddhism) The name of the 4th of 27 named Buddhas immediately preceding Gautama.
pingalanounOne of the channels through which, in traditional Indian medicine, the energies or prana of the physical body, are said to flow..
calinoun(colloquial) Nickname for California: a state of the United States.
brahmalokanoun(Hinduism) The heavenly abode of the god Brahma and goddess Sarasvati.

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