कल्पना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कल्पना (kalpanā).

Pronunciation

Noun

कल्पना • (kalpanāf

  1. imagination
  2. hypothesis, guess

Declension

Declension of कल्पना (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct कल्पना
kalpanā
कल्पनाएँ
kalpanāẽ
oblique कल्पना
kalpanā
कल्पनाओं
kalpanāõ
vocative कल्पना
kalpanā
कल्पनाओ
kalpanāo

Proper noun

कल्पना • (kalpanāf

  1. a female given name, Kalpana, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of कल्पना (sg-only fem ā-stem)
singular
direct कल्पना
kalpanā
oblique कल्पना
kalpanā
vocative कल्पना
kalpanā

Derived terms

References

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From कल्प (kalpa).

Pronunciation

Noun

कल्पना • (kalpanā) stemf

  1. making, manufacturing, preparing Suṡr. BhP.
  2. practice Car.
  3. fixing, settling, arranging Mn. ix, 116 Yājñ.
  4. creating in the mind, feigning, assuming anything to be real, imagination KapS. &c.
  5. hypothesis Nyāyam.
  6. caparisoning an elephant Daṡ.
  7. form, shape, image
  8. a deed, work, act Mṛicch.