kalpa (4588)

kalpa
Entry 4588, Page 172, Col. 2

(kalpa, kalpa)
kalpa¦, m., also nt. (1) (cf. Skt. id. style, manner, fashion, chiefly in Bhvr. cpds., BR s.v. 2b), in tatpuruṣa cpds., esp. gṛhi-kalpa, tīrthika-k°, ṛṣi-k°, appearance, aspect (of), resemblance (to), sometimes replaced by ākalpa (as in Skt., ornament or attire), and parallel with gupti (gupta), liṅga, dhvaja (see s.v. gupti for citations); (2) ifc., said to mean indifferent, alike in regard to…, in vāsīcan- danakalpa, q.v.; (3) (not recognized in Skt. or Pali Dictt., tho Childers gives thought as one mg. of kappa), (false) fancy, (vain) imagining, often with vikalpa and parikalpa, qq.v.: LV 34.11 (prose) sarva-kalpa-vikalpa-parikalpa- prahāṇāya; others s.v. parikalpa; 250.16 (prose) akalpaṃ tad dhyānam avikalpam aniñjanam…; 419.17 (vs) saṃkalpa-(q.v.; instr.?)-kalpajanitena ayonisena bhavate avidya…; 420.11 (vs) yasmin na kalpa na vikalpa (so most mss.); 422.20 akalpāvikalpa-dharmanayavistīraṇa- cakraṃ; Laṅk 57.3 (vividha-) kalpa-vikalpitam, discrimi- nated by various false imaginings; et alibi in Laṅk; Divy 629.18 (vs, printed as prose) (a list of sins attributed to brahmans,…śāṭhyaṃ) ca dhaurtyaṃ ca tathaiva kalpam (nom. sg.!); (4) as in Skt. (and Pali kappa), world-age; various kinds, largely but not entirely parallel to Pali usage (best statement of this in Childers): Dharmas 87 lists antara-, mahā-, śūnya-, sāra-k° (all m.), qq.v.: Mvy has the first two, also bhadra-k°, q.v., 8292; saṃ- varta- and vivarta-k°, qq.v., 8279--80; see asaṃkhyeya, adj., which does not seem to be used in BHS, or at least in the texts included in this Dict., as it is stated to be in Pali, as n. of a particular kind of kalpa; (5) n. of a king: Av ii.102.6 ff. See kalpa-kaṣāya and following cpds.; also kalpam, adv.; in kalpa-dūṣya or °duṣya, and °puṣpa, qq.v., kalpa = kalpa-vṛkṣa, as in Skt. Lex.

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