महाकाल mahākāl

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.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

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.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

(Hinduism) A form of Śhiv an epithet of Śhiv in his character of the destroying deity he being then represented of a black colour and of more or less terrific aspect in this particular Śhiv may be regarded as a personification of Time the destroyer of all things.
(Bābā) The Great Death (the One who takes everyone back to Paramdhām).

Usual translation

  1. Great Death

Origin of the definition

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.

mahā-kāl sm A form of Śiva an epithet of Śiva in his character of the destroying deity he being then represented of a black colour and of more or less terrific aspect in this particular Śiva may be regarded as a personification of Time the destroyer of all things.

महाकालेश्वर mahākāleśvar. Mahakaleshwar The Great Death (the One who takes everyone back to Paramdham)

महान्, महा mahān, mahā (sanskrit)

(prefix) Great, illustrious.
Mighty, strong, big, large, ample, excessive, grievous.
Very, extremely, very much.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

43 occurrences

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Created
Friday 26 January 2024
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