महाकाली

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

মহাকালী (Assamese script)
ᬫᬳᬵᬓᬵᬮᬷ (Balinese script)
মহাকালী (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰮𑰯𑰎𑰯𑰩𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
မဟာကာလီ (Burmese script)
મહાકાલી (Gujarati script)
ਮਹਾਕਾਲੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌲𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦲꦴꦏꦴꦭꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂯𑂰𑂍𑂰𑂪𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಮಹಾಕಾಲೀ (Kannada script)
មហាកាលី (Khmer script)
ມຫາກາລີ (Lao script)
മഹാകാലീ (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘮𑘰𑘎𑘰𑘩𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᠾᠠᢗᢉᠠᢗᠯᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧎𑧑𑦮𑧑𑧉𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐴𑐵𑐎𑐵𑐮𑐷 (Newa script)
ମହାକାଲୀ (Odia script)
ꢪꢲꢵꢒꢵꢭꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆲𑆳𑆑𑆳𑆬𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖮𑖯𑖎𑖯𑖩𑖱 (Siddham script)
මහාකාලී (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑪂𑩛𑩜𑩛𑩽𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚩𑚭𑚊𑚭𑚥𑚯 (Takri script)
மஹாகாலீ (Tamil script)
మహాకాలీ (Telugu script)
มหากาลี (Thai script)
མ་ཧཱ་ཀཱ་ལཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒯𑒰𑒏𑒰𑒪𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨱𑨊𑨋𑨊𑨬𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of महा (mahā, “great”) +‎ काली (kālī, “Time, Death, end; black”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɦɑː.kɑː.liː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɦɑː.kɑː.l̪iː/

Proper noun

महाकाली • (mahākālī) stem, f

an epithet of Kali as the supreme being and Mother Goddess

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of महाकाली
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	महाकाली (mahākālī)	महाकाल्यौ (mahākālyau) महाकाली¹ (mahākālī¹)	महाकाल्यः (mahākālyaḥ) महाकालीः¹ (mahākālīḥ¹)
accusative	महाकालीम् (mahākālīm)	महाकाल्यौ (mahākālyau) महाकाली¹ (mahākālī¹)	महाकालीः (mahākālīḥ)
instrumental	महाकाल्या (mahākālyā)	महाकालीभ्याम् (mahākālībhyām)	महाकालीभिः (mahākālībhiḥ)
dative	महाकाल्यै (mahākālyai)	महाकालीभ्याम् (mahākālībhyām)	महाकालीभ्यः (mahākālībhyaḥ)
ablative	महाकाल्याः (mahākālyāḥ) महाकाल्यै² (mahākālyai²)	महाकालीभ्याम् (mahākālībhyām)	महाकालीभ्यः (mahākālībhyaḥ)
genitive	महाकाल्याः (mahākālyāḥ) महाकाल्यै² (mahākālyai²)	महाकाल्योः (mahākālyoḥ)	महाकालीनाम् (mahākālīnām)
locative	महाकाल्याम् (mahākālyām)	महाकाल्योः (mahākālyoḥ)	महाकालीषु (mahākālīṣu)
vocative	महाकालि (mahākāli)	महाकाल्यौ (mahākālyau) महाकाली¹ (mahākālī¹)	महाकाल्यः (mahākālyaḥ) महाकालीः¹ (mahākālīḥ¹)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Related terms

महाकाल (mahākāla)

Descendants

→ Bengali: মহাকালী (mohakali)
→ English: Mahakali, Mahākāli
→ Hindi: महाकाली (mahākālī)
→ Nepali: महाकाली (mahākālī)