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antarakalpa

antarakalpa noun: a subdivision of a kalpa (aeon), or an intermediate period between two major kalpas.

Noun

antarakalpa (plural antarakalpas)

  1. A subdivision of a kalpa (aeon), or an intermediate period between two major kalpas.
    • We may simply recall that each of the antarakalpas except the last presents us with a picture of a steady diminution in the duration of human life.1983, W. Randolph Kloetzli, Buddhist Cosmology: Science and Theology in the Images of Motion and Light, Motilal Banarsidass, →ISBN, page 81

antarakalpa meaning in Sanskrit

antarakalpa in Sanskrit

period
अन्तरकल्प antarakalpa

Forms of antarakalpa

pluralantarakalpas

Origin of antarakalpa

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अन्तरकल्प (antarakalpa).

Questions about antarakalpa

What does antarakalpa mean?
Antarakalpa means a subdivision of a kalpa (aeon), or an intermediate period between two major kalpas.
What is antarakalpa in Sanskrit?
Antarakalpa in Sanskrit is अन्तरकल्प (antarakalpa). See Antarakalpa meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is antarakalpa?
Antarakalpa is a noun.
What is the plural of antarakalpa?
The plural of antarakalpa is antarakalpas.

Words near antarakalpa in the dictionary

  1. antapoplectics
  2. ANTaR
  3. Antara
  4. antarafacial
  5. antarafacially
  6. antarakalpa
  7. antarakalpas
  8. antarchism
  9. Antarctalian
  10. antarctic
  11. Antarctic 10

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