कल्पना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कल्पना (kalpanā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kəl.pə.nɑː/, [kɐl.pɐ.näː]

Noun

कल्पना • (kalpanā) f

1. imagination
2. hypothesis, guess

Derived terms

• कल्पनादर्श (kalpanādarś)
• परिकल्पना (parikalpanā)
  • परिकल्पनात्मक (parikalpanātmak)
• प्राक्कल्पना (prākkalpanā)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From कल्प (kalpa)

Noun

कल्पना • (kalpanā) stem, f

1. making, manufacturing, preparing Suṡr. BhP.
2. practice Car.
3. fixing, settling, arranging Mn. ix, 116 Yājñ.
4. creating in the mind, feigning, assuming anything to be real, fiction KapS. &c.
5. hypothesis Nyāyam.
6. caparisoning an elephant Daṡ.
7. form, shape, image
8. a deed, work, act Mṛicch.