English
kalpa
Kalpa comes from Sanskrit कल्प ‘prathamaḥ kalpaḥ, a rule to be observed before…’, and goes back to कॢप् ‘to order’.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकॢप्kḷp‘to order’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEकल्प‘prathamaḥ kalpaḥ, a rule to be observed before any other rule, first duty’literally ‘formation’
- Englishtodaykalpa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकॢप्kḷp‘to order’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEकल्प‘prathamaḥ kalpaḥ, a rule to be observed before any other rule, first duty’literally ‘formation’
- Englishtodaykalpa
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- ‘to cut’
half, skill, shell, shield, skull, shale, shilling, schilling, shoal, halter, shelve, halve, schelling, hapa, 13 more
Today it means
noun A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four yugas).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit कॢप् / kalpa