कल्पन

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कल्पन  n.  n. forming, fashioning, making, performing, [L.]
‘forming in the imagination, inventing’, composition of a poem, [Prab.]
cutting, clipping, working with edge-tools, [VarBṛS.]
N. of a religious ceremony
anything put on for ornament, [MBh. xiii, 2784]

Shabda-Sagara

कल्पन  n.  ( -नं)
1. Cutting.
2. Making, manufacturing.
3. Making as a poem or tale, inventing, composing.
 nf.  ( -नं-ना)
1. Inference.
2. Invention, fabrication.
3. Caparisoning or decorating an elephant. f. ( -नी) A scissors or shears.
E. कृप् to be able, &c. ल्यु or ल्युट् affix, and consequentiy टाप् or ङीप् fem. do.

ROOTS:

कृप् ल्यु ल्युट् टाप् ङीप्