Brahmakalpa, Brāhmakalpa, Brahman-kalpa: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBrahmakalpa (ब्रह्मकल्प):—[(brahman + ka)]
1) adj. dem Gotte Brahman ähnlich [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 51, 25.] —
2) m. Brahman's Weltperiode als Bez. einer Urzeit: kalpe (Schol.: brahmaloke kalpādau) [Mahābhārata 12, 6809.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBrahmakalpa (ब्रह्मकल्प):——
1) Adj. dem Gotte Brahman ähnlich. —
2) m. Brahman’s Weltperiode als Bez. einer Urzeit.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Brahman, Brahma, Kalpa.
Ends with: Gayatribrahmakalpa, Mandukabrahmakalpa.
Full-text: Atyantikakalpa, Naimittikakalpa.
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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 8 - Queries regarding the relation between the body, Soul and God, etc. < [Book 2 - Second Skandha]
Chapter 11 - The concept of Time: Manvantaras and life-spans of Men and Gods < [Book 3 - Third Skandha]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 257 - Pārvatī’s Penance < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 37 - Śiveśvara (śiva-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]
Chapter 7 - The Appearance (Origin) of Somanātha < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CLXXXIII < [Mokshadharma Parva]
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Part 1 - Purāṇic Literature < [Chapter 3 - General Characteristics of the Purāṇic Religion and its Link with the Vedic Tradition]
Srila Gurudeva (The Supreme Treasure) (by Swami Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja)
Viṣṇu-tattva as stated by Śrī Madhvācārya < [Chapter 1.5 - Back to Home Village]
Sri Krishna-Chaitanya (by Nisikanta Sanyal)
Chapter 10 - History of Divine Descents (Avataras) < [Volume I - Introductory]