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kalpa

/ˈkʌlpə/ UK
/ˈkælpə/ UK
/ˈkʌlpə/ US

Sounds like culpa · Rhymes with -ʌlpə, -ælpə

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From Sanskrit कल्प (kalpa, literally “formation”).

noun kalpas · calpa

Hinduism A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four yugas).

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noun time period

한국어	겁 geop
日本語	劫 kō, 劫 gō
中文	劫 jié, 元 yuán
Tiếng Việt	kiếp

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"kalpa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kalpa.

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@misc{kalpa_2026,
  title = {kalpa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kalpa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}