Mahakala

Translingual

Etymology

From Sanskrit महाकाल (mahākāla, “Mahakala, a protector deity in Tibetan Buddhism”).

Proper noun

Mahakala

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dromaeosauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.

English

Alternative forms

• Mahākāla

Etymology

From Sanskrit महाकाल (mahākāla).

Proper noun

Mahakala

1. (Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism) A deity in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism, sometimes considered a manifestation of Shiva.

Translations

Translations

• Bengali: মহাকাল (bn) (mohakal)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大黑天 (daai⁶ hak¹ tin¹)

  Mandarin: 大黑天 (Dàhēitiān)

  Wu: 大黑天

• Hindi: महाकाल (hi) (mahākāl)
• Japanese: 大黒天 (ja) (Daikokuten)
• Korean: 대흑천 (daeheukcheon)
• Marathi: महाकाल m (mahākāl)
• Serbo-Croatian: Mahakàla (sh) m
• Tibetan: མ་ཧཱ་གཱ་ལ། (ma hā gā la)
• Vietnamese: Đại Hắc Thiên