Kalpa.

A day and night of Brahmâ, a period of 4,320,000,000 solar-sidereal years. Some say there are an infinity of Kalpas, others limit the number to thirty. A Great Kalpa is a life of Brahmâ; the whole duration of time from the creation to the destruction of the world.

previous entry · index · next entry

Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Kailyal
Kain Hens
Kaiser
Kajak
Kaled
Kaleda (Sclavonic mythology)
Kali
Kaliyuga
Kalmar
Kalmucks
Kalpa
Kalpa-Tarou
Kalyb
Kam
Kâma
Kami
Kamsin
Kansas
Kansas
Karaites [Scripturists]
Karma