As a deity name
Name 791 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 386 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
N. of Durgā in her terrific form
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mahākālyai" is the dative of "mahākālī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
mahā—kālī f. N. of Durgā in her terrific form, MBh.; Buddh.
of one of D˚'s attendants, W.
Caveats
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