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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कल्पkalpaa.Practicable, feasible, possible,

    [क्लृप्-घञ्]

    1. Practicable, feasible, possible,
    2. Proper, fit, right.
    3. Strong, vigorous; चरन्तं ब्राह्मणं कञ्चित्कल्पचित्तमनामयम् Mb.12.179.3.
    4. Able, competent (with a Genitive, Locative; Infinitive or at the end of comp.); धर्मस्य, यशसः, कल्पः Bhāg. able to do his duty etc.; स्वक्रियायामकल्पः Tbe same. not competent to do one's duty; अकल्प एषामधिरोढुमञ्जसा पद्म्द्म् Tbe same., so स्वभरणाकल्प etc.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ल्पः

      1. A sacred precept or rule, law, ordinance.
      2. A prescribed rule, a prescribed alternative, optional rule; प्रभुः प्रथमकल्पस्य योऽनुकल्पेन वर्तते Ms.11.3 'able to follow the prescribed rule to be observed in preference to all others'; प्रथमः कल्पः M.1; Compare also Pratimā 4, and Abhiṣekanāṭakam 6 and Ś.4. a very good (or best) alternative; एष वै प्रथमः कल्पः प्रदाने हव्यकव्ययोः Ms. 3.147.
      3. (Hence) A proposal, suggestion, resolve, determination; एष मे प्रथमः कल्पः Rām.2.52.63; उदारः कल्पः Ś.7.
      4. Manner of acting, procedure, form, way, method (in religious rites); श्रूयते हि पुराकल्पे Mb. 6.43.23; क्षात्रेण कल्पेनोपनीय Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2; कल्पवित्कल्पयामास वन्यामे- वास्य संविधाम् R.1.94; Ms.7.185.
      5. End of the world, universal destruction.
      6. A day of Brahmā or 1, Yugas, being a period of 432 million years of mortals and measuring the duration of the world; Compare Bhāg.3.11; श्रीश्वेतवाराहकल्पे the one in which we now live; कल्पं स्थितं तनुभृतां तनु- भिस्ततः किम् Śānti.4.2. Hence कल्पिक means 'born in the primeval age' Bu. Ch.2.48.
      7. Medical treatment of the sick.
      8. One of the six Vedāṅgas, id est, that is that which lays down the ritual and prescribes rules for ceremonial and sacrificial acts; शिक्षा कल्पो व्याकरणम् Muṇdtod; 1.1.5 see under वेदाङ्ग.
      9. A termination added to nouns and adjectives in the sense of 'a little less than', 'almost like', 'nearly equal to', ParasmaipadaV.3.67 denoting similarity with a degree of inferiority; कुमारकल्पं सुषुवे कुमारम् R.5.36; उपपन्नमेतदस्मिन्नृषि- कल्पे राजनि Ś.2; प्रभातकल्पा शशिनेव शर्वरी R.3.2; so मृतकल्पः, प्रतिपन्नकल्पः etc.
      10. The doctrine of poisons and antidotes.
      11. One of the trees of paradise; Compare कल्पद्रुम.
      12. Vigour, strength; लौकिके समयाचारे कृतकल्पो विशारदः Rām.2.1.22.

    • -ल्पा, -ल्पम् A kind of intoxicating liquor.

    • -अन्तः end of the world, universal destruction; कल्पान्तेष्वपि न प्रयाति निधनं विद्याख्यमन्तर्धनम् Bh.2.16. कल्पान्तक्रूरकेलिः क्रतुक्रदनकरः कुन्दकर्पूरकान्तिः Udb. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedस्थायिन् Adjective lasting to the end of a कल्प; शरीरं क्षणविध्वंसि कल्पान्तस्थायिनो गुणाः H.1.46.

    • -आदिः renovation of all things in the creation; कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् Bg.9.7;

    • -उपनिषद् pharmacology; Charak 1.4.

    • -कारः

      1. author of Kalpasūtra, quod vide, which see
      2. a barber.

    • -क्षयः

      1. end of the world, universal destruction; Exempli gratia, for example कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि Bg.9.7. पुरा कल्पक्षये वृत्ते जातं जलमयं जगत् Ks.2.1. तरुः, द्रुमः, पादपः, वृक्षः one of the trees of heaven or Indra's praradise, fabled to fulfill all desires; आसीत्कल्पतरुच्छायामाश्रिता सुरभिः पथि R.1.75; 17.26; Ku.2.39;6.41.
      2. a tree supposed to grant all desires; 'wish-yielding tree'; नाबुद्ध कल्पद्रुमतां विहाय जातं तमात्मन्यसिपत्रवृक्षम् R.14.48; मृषा न चक्रेऽ- ल्पितकल्पपादपः Name1.15.
      3. any productive or bountiful source; निगमकल्पतरोर्गलितं फलम् Bhāg.1.1.3.
      4. (Figurative) a very generous person; सकलार्थिसार्थकल्पद्रुमः Pt.1.

    • -नृत्यम् a particular kind of dance.

    • -पालः

      1. a protector of order.
      2. a seller of spirituous liquors. लता, लतिका a creeper of Indra's paradise; Bh. 1.9.
      3. a creeper supposed to grant all desires; नानाफलैः फलति कल्पलतेव भूमिः Bh.2.46; Compare कल्पतरु above.

    • -वल्ली see कल्पलता; Ks.1.66; कल्पवल्लीगृहेषु 52.21.

    • -विद् Adjective conversant with sacred precepts; कल्पवित्कल्पया- मास वन्यामेवास्य संविधाम् R.1.94.

    • -स्थानम्

      1. the art of preparing drugs; Charak 7.
      2. the science of poisons and antidotes; Suśr.

    • -सूत्रम् a manual of ritual in the form of Sūtras. Mb.14.54.9. Name of a sacred Jaina book written by भद्रबाहु sketching the life of महावीर.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कल्पkalpa(in comp.)
    1. (in compound)
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender (√कॢप्), practicable, feasible, possible S3Br. ii, 4, 3, 3
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender proper, fit, able, competent, equal to (with genitive case locative case, infinitive mood, or in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'; exempli gratia, 'for example' धर्मस्य कल्पः, competent for duty; स्वकर्मणि न कल्पः, not competent for his own work; यदा न शासितुं कल्पः, if he is not able to rule) BhP.
    4. masculine gender a sacred precept, law, rule, ordinance (Equivalent to विधि, न्याय), manner of acting, proceeding, practice (especially that prescribed by the Vedas वेद s) fg-veda ix, 9, 7 AV. viii, 9, 10; xx, 128, 6-11 MBh.
    5. masculine gender (प्रथमः कल्पः, a rule to be observed before any other rule, first duty Mn. iii, 147 MBh. etc.; एतेन कल्पेन, in this way; confer, compare पशु-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, etc.)
    6. masculine gender the most complete of the six Veda1n3gas वेदाङ्ग s (that which prescribes the ritual and gives rules for ceremonial or sacrificial acts) Mun2d2Up. Pa1n2. etc.
    7. masculine gender one of two cases, one side of an argument, an alternative (Equivalent to पक्ष; confer, compare विकल्प) Sarvad.
    8. masculine gender investigation, research commentator or commentary on Sa1m2khyak.
    9. masculine gender resolve, determination MW.
    10. masculine gender (in medicine) treatment of the sick, manner of curing Sus3r. ii
    11. masculine gender the art of preparing medicine, pharmacy Car.
    12. masculine gender the doctrine of poisons and antidotes Sus3r. i
    13. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') having the manner or form of anything, similar to, resembling, like but with a degree of inferiority, almost (exempli gratia, 'for example' अभेद्य-कल्प, almost impenetrable; confer, compare प्रभात-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, मृत-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, etc.; according to native grammarians, कल्प so used is an accentless affix [Pa1n2. 5-3, 67], before which a final स् is left unchanged, and final ई and ऊ shortened Pa1n2. Vop.; 546080 कल्पम् indeclinable, may be also connected with a verb exempli gratia, 'for example' पचति-कल्पम्, he cooks pretty well Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 8-1, 57)
    14. masculine gender a fabulous period of time (a day of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा or one thousand Yugas युग s, a period of four thousand, three hundred and twenty millions of years of mortals, measuring the duration of the world; a month of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा is supposed to contain thirty such Kalpas कल्प s .; according to the MBh., twelve months of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा constitute his year, and one hundred such years his lifetime; fifty years of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा 's are supposed to have elapsed, and we are now in the श्वेतवाराह-कल्प of the fifty-first; at the end of a Kalpa कल्प the world is annihilated; hence कल्प is said to be equal to कल्पा*न्त below Lexicographers; with Buddhists Buddhists the Kalpas कल्प s .are not of equal duration) VP. BhP. Ra1jat. etc.
    15. masculine gender Name of Mantras मन्त्र s which contain a form of √कॢप् TS. v S3Br. ix
    16. masculine gender a kind of dance
    17. masculine gender Name of the first astrological mansion VarBr2S.
    18. masculine gender Name of a son of Dhruva ध्रुव and Bhrami भ्रमि BhP. iv, 10, 1
    19. masculine gender of S3iva शिव MBh. xii, 10368
    20. masculine gender the tree of paradise
    21. masculine gender Equivalent to -तरु below Lexicographers
    22. masculine gender (with Jainas जैन s) a particular abode of deities (confer, compare -भव and कल्पा*तीत below)
    23. neuter gender a kind of intoxicating liquor (incorrect for कल्य) Lexicographers
    24. Nominal verb Atmane-pada that the rest of a word is to be suppliedपायते, to become a Kalpa कल्प, to appear as long as a Kalpa कल्प Hcar.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. कल्पkalpa[kálp-a] a. feasible, possible; able to, fit for (g., lc., inf., --˚); nearly equal to, like (--˚); after an…

    [kálp-a] adjective feasible, possible; able to, fit for (genitive, locative, infinitive, --˚); nearly equal to, like (--˚); after an adjective --˚, almost; masculine precept, rule, usage, manner; body of rules on ritual (one of the six Vedâṅgas); cosmic period (Equivalent toa day of Brahma=1000 Yugas). prathamah kal pah, chief rule, original law.

    Source: Macdonell

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