अकाल akāl
Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.
How to read the transliteration
This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.
| ISO 15919 | On this site |
|---|---|
| c | ch |
| ś | śh |
| ṣ | ṣh |
| r̥ | r̥i |
A few reading pointers:
- ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
- ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
- A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.
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Earlier definition
Definition
Out of time, untimely, unseasonable, immortal, (a title of God).
Usual translation
- immortal
Origin of the definition
AKÁL ਅਕਾਲ a. (S.) A prio. kál time; also death. Out of time, untimely, unseasonable, immortal, (a title of God)—Akál Buṇggá, s. m. (lit, pavilion of immortality.) A place of the 6th Gurú of the Sikhs at Amritsar opposite to the entrance of the Golden Temple, where the pauhal the Sikh rite of baptism is administered to converts—akál maut or mirt, s. f. An untimely death, unnatural death; sudden death:—akál mirtí, s. m. One who dies an untimely death:—akál múrat or purkh, s. m. The immortal one, (God.):—Akál purkh ko chhád, ke bhaje dev ko aur; janam janam bharmat phire lai ná sukh kí ihaur. One who worships another god save the immortal one, (i. e God), falls into transmigration of souls and finds no place of rest.
Time, period, age, era, season.
Destiny, end, death, famine, calamity.
(mythology) Kāla, epith. of Yama-Mṛtyu, the god of Death, in his aspect of destructive Time.
Usage in the murlis
Murlis of the day (and original sakar)
100 occurrences
In 70 on 2386 murlis
Avyakts
25 occurrences
In 15 on 1112 murlis
Mamma
7 occurrences
In 5 on 122 murlis
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- Friday 25 December 2020
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