कल्पतरू kalptarū

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How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

A mythological tree or plant that is supposed to grant all desires.
(Bābā) Kalpa tree, Tree of the Cycle of Creation.

Usual translation

  1. kalpa tree

Origin of the definition

kalp-taru, s.m., or kalp-latā, s.f., or kalp-vr̤iksh, vulg. kalp-br̤iksh, s.m. One of the fabulous plants or trees of Indra's paradise, a tree that grants all desires.

कल्प kalp (sanskrit)

(Hinduism) Great cosmological cycle of creation, where the material Universe is created, degrades and is annihilated during the kalpānta.
(Hinduism) Cosmological period of one day (half-day) of Brahmā, duration of a creation of the Universe, worth 1000 great eras [mahāyuga] (approximately 4.32 billion years); each kalpa consists of 14 eras of Manu [manvantara].
(Bābā) Great cosmological cycle of creation, where the material Universe is created in its state of maximum purity, degrades and is then destroyed and recreated (transformation and not annihilation).
(Bābā) cosmological period of one day (paradise for 2500 years) and one night (hell for 2500 years) of Brahmā, duration of a creation of the Universe, worth 5000 years.

कल्पतरु kalpataru kalptaru (nm) a mythological tree or plant that is supposed to grant all desires.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

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Created
Friday 7 May 2021
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Friday 19 July 2024