kappa

  1. (m. n.)

    1. an aeon, a cycle of the world’s evolution and dissolution; one stage of a cycle; a very long period of time.
    2. a (limited) length of time
  2. (m.n.) an allowable practice; an allowance, a concession.

  3. (m.) (kappabiṇḍu), a round mark (to legitimize or identify a robe).

  4. (m.n.) one side of an argument, an alternative; a (false) supposition, imagining; a theory; a figment.