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Kalpana
Kalpana comes from Sanskrit कल्पना ‘making, manufacturing, preparing Suṡr. BhP’, and goes back to कॢप् ‘to order’.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकॢप्kḷp‘to order’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEकल्पनाkalpanā‘making, manufacturing, preparing Suṡr. BhP’
- EnglishtodayKalpana
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकॢप्kḷp‘to order’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEकल्पनाkalpanā‘making, manufacturing, preparing Suṡr. BhP’
- EnglishtodayKalpana
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- ‘to cut’
half, skill, shell, shield, skull, shale, shilling, schilling, shoal, halter, shelve, halve, schelling, hapa, 14 more
Today it means
name A female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit कॢप् / Kalpana