కల్పము

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit कल्प (kalpa) +‎ -ము (-mu).

Noun

కల్పము • (kalpamu) ? (plural కల్పములు)

1. an age

   బ్రహ్మకల్పము.

   brahmakalpamu.

   an age of Brahma equal to many millions of years.

2. a religious rule
3. a code or description of religious rites
4. a legend or pious tale

   వ్రతకల్పము.

   vratakalpamu.

   the legend or book regarding this observance.

5. a series of publications as of a journal

   ప్రథమకల్పము.

   prathamakalpamu.

   first series.

6. (Hinduism) one of the six Vedangas, that which prescribes the rituals

Adjective

కల్పము • (kalpamu)

1. that which equivalent to or that which is almost the same as
2. a word (like ish, in blackish, whitish) denoting similarity

   ద్వీపకల్పము ― dvīpakalpamu ― a peninsula

References

• "కల్పము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 260