As a deity name
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 775 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
blackness or black colour
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kālikāyai" is the dative of "kālikā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kālikāyai" is the dative of "kālika" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kālikā f. blackness or black colour, L.
ink or blacking, L.
1. kālika m. a species of heron (Ardea jaculator), L. (v.l. kālīka)
N. of a king of the Nāgas, Lalit.
Caveats
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