कल्पनम् [kalpanam] [क्लृप्-ल्युट्]
Forming, fashioning, arranging.
Performing, doing, effecting.
Clipping, cutting.
Fixing.
Anything placed upon another for decoration.
ना Fixing, settlement; अनेकपितृकाणां तु पितृतो भागकल्पना
[Y.2.12;247;] [Ms.9.116.] Making, performing, doing.
Forming, arranging; विषमासु च कल्पनासु
[Mk.3.14;] केश˚
[Mk.4.] Decorating, ornamenting.
Composition.
Invention.
Imagination, thought; कल्पनापोढः Sk.
[P.II.1.38] = कल्पनाया अपोढः.
An idea, fancy or image (conceived in the mind);
[Śānti.2.8.] Fabrication.
Forgery.
A contrivance, device.
(In Mīm. phil.) = अर्थापत्ति q. v.
Decorating an elephant. -Comp.
-शक्तिः f. f. the power of forming ideas; MW.