भूतकाल bhūtkāl

भूत bhūt (sanskrit)

Past, bygone.
Ghost, evil spirit.
Matter.
One of the five elements (earth, water, air, fire, and ether).
Any animate or inanimate object of creation.
(suffix) become, turned or rendered.
(Bābā) Evil spirit. Baba generally counts five: that of ego, desire (lust), covetousness (greed), anger and illusion (attachment). These evil spirits are capable of possessing us, distancing us from our nature and deep truth. It is a personification of a vice.

भूत bhūta bhu:t (a) past; bygone; (nm) a ghost; an evil spirit; matter; one of the five elements (पृथ्वी-the earth, जल-the water; वायु-the air, पावक-the fire, and आकाश -the ether); any animate or inanimate object of creation; the past tense (also~काल); a suffix which means 'become' 'turned' or 'rendered' (as घनीभूत, पुंजीभूत). -प्रेत evil spirits, ghosts.

काल kāl (sanskrit)

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.