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Mahakala means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Mahākalā (महाकला):—[(ma + ka)] f. Neumondsnacht [Oxforder Handschriften 287,b, No. 679.] [Asiatick Researches.3,258.]

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Mahākāla (महाकाल):—(ma + 2. kāla)

1) m. a) eine Form Śiva’s und ein dieser Form des Gottes geweihtes Heiligthum, insbes. ein Liṅga (neutr.) in Ujjayinī [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 293.] [Medinīkoṣa l. 158.] [Mahābhārata 12, 10392.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 11, 32.] śmaśāna [12,47. 27,136. 37,4.] [PAÑCAR. 1,7,66.] [Oxforder Handschriften 89,a,1. 97,a,] [No. 150. 101,a,31. 184,a,2.] [Pañcatantra 240,11] (śrīmahākāladeva) . [HALL 166.] [Mémoire géographique 291. fg.] [WILSON, Sel. Works 2, 142.] bei den Buddhisten [21. 33.] [Burnouf 538. fg. 543. 551.] [Hiouen-Thsang 1, 43.] [KÖPPEN 2, 118. 298. 370.] — devaṃ mahākālamahaṃ gatāsam [Kathāsaritsāgara 48, 124.] [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 34.] [Meghadūta 35.] [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 223.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1242.] nivāsin (maheśvara) [Daśakumāracarita.5,13. 27,7.] [Oxforder Handschriften 39,b,18. 64,a,6.] — mahākālasaṃhitā f. Titel einer Schrift [Oxforder Handschriften 101,a,12.b,42.] [Böhtlingk’s Verzeichniss No. 50.] mahākālatantra n. desgl. [Burnouf 539.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge Śiva’s [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 50.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [VYĀḌI] beim Schol. zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 210.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2529.] [Harivaṃśa 9555. 10859.] gaṇānāṃ kālakeyānāṃ mahākālaḥ kṛtaḥ prabhuḥ [?12502. Harivaṃśa LANGL. I,512. Kathāsaritsāgara 50,147. PAÑCAR.1,15,7. Oxforder Handschriften 45,a,7.] gaṇotpatti [75,b,26.] Davon nom. abstr. mahākālatva n. [Harivaṃśa 10867.] — c) Beiw. Viṣṇu’s [DHYĀNABINDŪP.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 1] (mahākāya und mahāmāya v. l.). — d) = viṣṇurūpākhaṇḍadaṇḍāyamānasamayaḥ [Śabdakalpadruma] mit folgendem Belege aus dem [SIDDHĀNTALAKṢAṆA] : kālo ghaṭavānmahākālatvāt . — e) Nomen proprium eines Lehrers [Oxforder Handschriften 53,a,8.] — f) eine Gurkenart (kiṃpāka) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 70.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1141.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 48.] antarmalinadehena bahirāhlādakāriṇā . mahākālaphaleneva kaḥ khalena na vañcitaḥ .. [Spr. 3489.] — g) eines der neun Schätze bei den Jaina [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 193,] [Scholiast] Vgl. 1. kāla [2, 1.] —

2) f. ī a) eine Form der Durgā [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 51.] [Mahābhārata.4,195.6,797.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 697.] [Oxforder Handschriften 94,a,11.] [Burnouf 551.] kālyāḥ pūjāyantram [Oxforder Handschriften 96,a,10.] mata n. Titel einer Schrift [109,a,13.] manu [98,a,15.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge der Durgā [WILSON, Sel. Works 2, 38.] — c) Nomen proprium einer der [16] Vidyādevī bei den Jaina [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 239.] — d) Nomen proprium einer Göttin, welche die Befehle des 5ten Arhant's der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇī ausführt, [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 44.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Mahākalā (महाकला):—f. Neumondsnacht.

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Mahākāla (महाकाल):——

1) m. — a) eine Form des Gottes geweihtes Heiligthum , insbes. ein Liṅga (n.) in Ujjayini. — b) Beiw. Viṣṇus. — c) = viṣṇupākhaṇḍadaṇḍāyamānasamayaḥ. (?). — d) eine Gurkenart , Trichosanthes palmata [Materia medica of the Hindus 308.] — e) *einer der 9 Schätze bei den Jaina. — f) Nomen proprium — α) eines Wesens im Gefolge Śiva's. Nom.abstr. tva n. — β) eines Lehrers. — γ) eines fabelhaften Berges [Kāraṇḍavyūha 91,13.] —

2) f. ī — a) eine Form der Durgā. — b) Nomen proprium — α) eines Wesens im Gefolge der Durgā. — β) *einer der 16 Vidyādevi bei den Jaina. — γ) *einer Göttin , welche die Befehle des 5ten Arhant’s der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇi ausführt. —

3) n. a.u.

1) a).

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