a resolving or determining; a deciding; resolution.

emotion or sensitivity; a feeling.

the act of using the will; exercise of the will as in deciding what to do; volition.

sadness and depression of spirits; melancholy.

the formal or religious process of resolving or taking a decision (as to do something).

a hymn or series of hymns relating to this process.

ಸಂಕಲ್ಪಮಾಡು sankalpa māḍu to decide; to take a decision; to resolve; to determine; 2. to religiously initiate oneself to do something; ಸಂಕಲ್ಪ ಮಾತ್ರ sankalpa mātra a decision, determination not accompanied by execution or achievement.

a system of writing to convey something secretly.