As a deity name
Name 93 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 137 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 155 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 80 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
कालिका · noun · feminine
देवी की एक मूर्ति । चंडिका । काली · कालापन । कलैंछ । कालिख · बिछुआ नामक पौधा — Śabdasāgara
कालिका · kālikā · s.f.
Blackness; ink, &c. (see kālik); an epithet of the goddess Durgā ( = kālī, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 803
कालिका · kālikā · s.f.
Price to be paid at a fixed period or by instalments — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 803
Cited formation "कालिका" is कालिक + -आ: कालिक means "periodical (occurring at regular intervals)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "कालिका" is कालिक + -आ: कालिक means "periodical (occurring at regular intervals)", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
blackness or black colour
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kālikā" is the feminine form of "kālika" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "kālikā" is the feminine form of "kālaka" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
M3 · meaning shifts "kālaka" is derived from "kāla" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. kāla mf(ī, Pāṇ. iv, 1, 42)n. (fr. √ 3. kal?), black, of a dark colour, dark-blue, MBh.; R. &c.
kāla m. a black or dark-blue colour, L.
1. kālaka mfn. (Pāṇ. v, 4, 33) dark-blue, black, Lalit.
freckled (? or ‘dark’, as with anger), Pat.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kālikā f. blackness or black colour, L.
ink or blacking, L.
a dark spot, rust, VarBṛS.
a fault or flaw in gold, L.
change of complexion, L.
1. kālika m. a species of heron (Ardea jaculator), L. (v.l. kālīka)
N. of a king of the Nāgas, Lalit.
1. kālaka mfn. (Pāṇ. v, 4, 33) dark-blue, black, Lalit.
freckled (? or ‘dark’, as with anger), Pat.
1. kāla mf(ī, Pāṇ. iv, 1, 42)n. (fr. √ 3. kal?), black, of a dark colour, dark-blue, MBh.; R. &c.
kāla m. a black or dark-blue colour, L.
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