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Kalpa

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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.

 

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

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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

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