Mahakali
Mahakali (Sanskrit: महाकाली, romanized: Mahākālī) is the Hindu goddess of time and death in the goddess-centric tradition of Shaktism. She is also known as the supreme being in various Tantras and Puranas.
| Mahakali | |
|---|---|
Mother Goddess Goddess of Time and Death | |
| Member of Mahavidya | |
Mahakali, National Museum, Delhi | |
| Devanagari | महाकाली |
| Sanskrit transliteration | Mahākālī |
| Affiliation | Parvati, Shaktism, Kali |
| Abode | Manidvipa |
| Mantra | ॐ क्रीं कालिकायै नमः oṁ krīṁ kālikāyai namaḥ
om Kali Mahakali Kalike Parameshwari Sarvanand kare Devi Narayani Namostute |
| Weapon | Dhāl shield, trishul, sword, dagger, akshay patra, bow and arrow, scimitar, cobra, gada, the Vedas, chakram, noose, vajra, conch |
| Consort | Mahakala |
Similar to Kali, Mahakali is a fierce goddess associated with universal power, time, life, death, and both rebirth and liberation. She is the consort of Bhairava, the god of consciousness, the basis of reality and existence. Mahakali, in Sanskrit, is etymologically the feminised variant of Mahakala, or Great Time (which is also interpreted as Death), an epithet of the deities Narasimha and Shiva in Hinduism.
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