Mahakala
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit महाकाल (mahākāla, “Mahakala, a protector deity in Tibetan Buddhism”).
Proper noun edit
Mahakala
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dromaeosauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit महाकाल (mahākāla).
Proper noun edit
Mahakala
- (Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism) A deity in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism, sometimes considered a manifestation of Shiva.