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Kala (Sanskrit: काल, romanized: Kālá/Kālam, [1] IPA:) is a Sanskrit term that means 'time' [2] or 'death'. [3] As time personified , destroying all things, Kala is a god of death , and often used as one of the epithets of Yama .
(12–13) The Rishis, measuring time, have given particular names to particular portions. Five and ten winks of the eye make what is called a Kashtha. Thirty Kashthas make what is called a Kala. Thirty Kalas, with the tenth part of a Kala, make a Muhurta. Thirty Muhurtas make up one day and night.
Chardi Kala can be translated as "positive attitude" [citation needed] or "ascending energy". [1] It is also described as being in "high spirits" or “positive, buoyant and optimistic” attitude to life and to the future. Chardi kala is the state of mind in which a person has no negative emotions like fear, jealousy or enmity.
KALA (FM), a radio station (88.5 FM) licensed to Davenport, Iowa, United States; Kala language, an Oceanic language of Papua New Guinea; Kālā, the spelling in modern orthography of the native name for the Hawaiian dollar; Kala, Hawaiian name for the bluespine unicornfish; Kala-class utility landing craft, six former Finnish navy landing craft
The mastery of over 64 kinds of skills is called Chatushashti Kalas.The Discussion of these arts can be found in "Kamsutra", written by "Vatsayan" All 64 arts as following : 12 arts of Rama (Sun) plus 14 arts of shiva (Jupiter) plus 16 arts of krishna (Moon) plus 18 arts of Bhagavad Gita plus 4 arts (Earth,Water,Air,Fire excluding space) equals to 64 arts of Kalki.
Mahākāla (Sanskrit: महाकाल, pronounced [mɐɦaːˈkaːlɐ]) is a deity common to Hinduism and Buddhism. [1]In Buddhism, Mahākāla is regarded as a Dharmapāla ("Protector of the Dharma") and a wrathful manifestation of a Buddha, while in Hinduism, Mahākāla is a fierce manifestation of the Hindu god Shiva and the consort of the goddess Mahākālī; [1] he most prominently ...
A Kālacakra Mandala with the deities Kalachakra and Vishvamata. Kālacakra (Tibetan: དུས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ།, Wylie: dus kyi 'khor lo) is a polysemic term in Vajrayana Buddhism as well as Hinduism that means "wheel of time" or "time cycles". [1] "
Kala is the giant head, often took place on the top of the entrance with makaras projected on either sides of kala's head flanking the portal or projecting on top corner as antefixes. Kala-makara theme also can be found on stairs railings on either sides. On upper part of stairs, the mouth of kala's head projecting makara downward.