As a deity name
Name 71 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 791 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 8 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 39 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
महाकाली · noun · feminine
महाकाल स्वरूप शिव की पत्नी जिसके पाँच मुख और आठ भुजाएँ मानी जाती हैं · दुर्गा की एक मूर्ति · शक्ति की एक अनुचरी का नाम — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "महाकाली" is महाकाल + -ई: महाकाल means "Shiva (especially as the presiding deity at Ujjain)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "महाकाली" is महाकाल + -ई: महाकाल means "Shiva (especially as the presiding deity at Ujjain)", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "महाकाली" is महाकाल + -ई: महाकाल means "Shiva (especially as the presiding deity at Ujjain)", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: Durgā in her terrific form
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Dictionary citations
mahā—kālī f. N. of Durgā in her terrific form, MBh.; Buddh.
of one of D˚'s attendants, W.
(with Jainas) of one of the 16 Vidyā-devīs, Hemac.
of a goddess who executed the commands of the 5th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, ib.
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