Kalpa

//ˈkʌlpə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four yugas). Hinduism

Etymology

From Sanskrit कल्प (kalpa, literally “formation”).

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