calpa

The mea calpa (ph) came after he was diagnosed and treated for throat cancer, the result of a life-long smoking habit.

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By the first _calpa_ it was found that the succession of

History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

Orders were given to proceed with the ceremony of the _calpa_, and Cusi

History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

His reply was that his son Ninan Cuyoche was to succeed, if the augury of the _calpa_ gave signs that such succession would be auspicious, if not his son Huascar was to succeed.

History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

Tomay-huaraca set out for Ichu-pampa, first making sacrifices and blowing out the lungs of an animal, which they call _calpa_.

History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

He collected a great number of men, made sacrifices _calpa_ [98], and buried some children alive, which is called _capa cocha_, to induce their idols to favour them in that war.

History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

Cuzco, having first offered sacrifices and observed the _calpa_ [116].

History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

"At the close of the last calpa there was a general destruction, caused by the sleep of Brahma, whence his creatures, in different worlds, were drowned in a vast ocean ....

Atlantis : the antediluvian world Ignatius Donnelly 1866