Save Gender Feminine Usage Sinhalese (Rare), Indian (Rare) Scripts संकल्पना(Hindi) සංකල්පනා(Sinhala) Meaning & History Means "purpose, wish, desire" in Sanskrit, derived from the prefix सम्- (sam-) "with, together, altogether" and कल्पन (kalpana) "imagining, fantasy". In modern Hindi this is also a noun meaning "concept, notion".