Kalpa
कल्प
Everyday Hindi: कल्प (वेदांग)
Vedāṅga of ritual procedure: śrauta, gṛhya, dharma and śulba sūtras.
Definition
Kalpa is the Vedāṅga of ritual procedure, composed in sūtra form. It comprises the śrauta sūtras (the great public rites), gṛhya sūtras (domestic rites), dharma sūtras (conduct and law) and śulba sūtras (altar geometry). Each Vedic school transmitted its own kalpa texts.
Articles that use this term
- Panchanga
Namakshar: the syllables of the nakshatra padas
How a table of 108 syllables came to be used in naming children, what the grihya sutras say about names, and what they do not.
6 min read · 23 September 2026
