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kalpa
CIDE DICTIONARY
kalpa, n. [Skr.].
One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years. At the end of each Kalpa the world is annihilated. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kalpa, n. Hinduism & Buddhism the period between the beginning and the end of the world considered as the day of Brahma (4,320 million human years).
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