Mahakala

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Mahakala

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

(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

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