Re: Kalpana (was Re: NEW: Ilan Ramon filk)

Date: 3 Feb 2003 11:44:00 -0800
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Maureen O'Brien <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<email-address-deleted>...
> Re: Dr. Kalpana Chawla
>
> I was puzzled by the reference in another story to Kalpana's success
> meaning that everyone can achieve their own kalpana. So I did some
> Googling.
>
> Apparently, "kalpana" means any desire of the present or future; or
> imagination. I also saw it translated as "fantasy"...or dream, in the
> sense we're using it (ie, not the kind you have when you sleep).
>
> Somebody has to get a song out of this.
>
>
> Maureen
Asked a friend of mine named Kalpana about the name. She said it is
usually translated in Sanskrit as "imagine" and in Tamil as "imagine"
or "conjure up." She has seen it occasionaly translated as "fantasy,"
but never "dream" or "desire."
Harold