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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 ...
Encountering The Goddess: A Translation of the Devi-Mahatmya and a Study of Its Interpretation. State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-7914-0446-3. Dallapiccola, Anna (2002). Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-51088-1. Kali, Devadatta (2003). In Praise of The Goddess: The Devimahatmyam and Its Meaning. Nicolas ...
Thus Wendy Doniger, translating a conversation between Śiva and Pārvatī from the Skanda Purāṇa, says Mahākāla may mean " 'the Great Death' ... or 'the Great Black One' ". [5] And Swāmī Jagadīśvarānanda , a Hindu translator of the Devī Māhātmya , renders the feminine compound kāla-rātri (where rātri means "night") as "dark ...
Kali (/ ˈ k ɑː l iː /; Sanskrit: काली, IAST: Kālī), also called Kalika, is a major goddess in Hinduism, primarily associated with time, death and destruction. Kali is also connected with transcendental knowledge and is the first of the ten Mahavidyas, a group of goddesses who provide liberating knowledge.
Daikokuten (from the Besson Zakki). Upon being introduced to Japan via the esoteric Tendai and Shingon sects, Mahākāla (as 'Daikokuten') gradually transformed into a jovial, beneficent figure as his positive qualities (such as being the purveyor of wealth and fertility) increasingly came to the fore – mostly at the expense of his darker traits.
Another legend says that Chamunda (Kali) was creator of Kalaratri. Riding a powerful donkey, Kalaratri chased the demons Chanda and Munda and brought them to Kali after catching and incarcerating them. These demons were killed by Chamunda. This story is closely related with another goddess named Chandamari. She is the power of the darkest of ...
Another of Shiva's fearsome forms is as Kāla "time" and Mahākāla "great time", which ultimately destroys all things. [255] The name Kāla appears in the Shiva Sahasranama, where it is translated by Ram Karan Sharma as "(the Supreme Lord of) Time". [256] Bhairava "terrible" or "frightful" [257] is a fierce form associated with annihilation.
'Kali-Santarana Upanishad' means to 'approach or set about crossing over quarrel, discord, and strife': 'Kali' (Sanskrit कलि) means 'quarrel', 'contention', 'discord' or 'strife'. [4] Kali Yuga is the least-dharmic (e.g. least moral or religious) of the four cyclical yugas (ages or epochs) in Hindu cosmology. [5]