kalpa, n.All

The Kalpa (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the Hindu unit of cosmic time — a mere 4,320,000,000 years.

Kalpa (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠4,320 million years of divine play repeated forever: terrifying monotony to a human — and to God a child's game in which time has shrunk to one wondrous instant.