Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 751 of 1000: महाकालीमहा-काली · MahākālīMahā-kālī
Great Kālī
Artha
What the name means
She is Mahākālī, the dark one who outlasts time by devouring it.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महाकाल्यै नमः
oṃ mahākālyai namaḥ
om mahakalyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahākālī, as part of Shloka 145. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
the great Kālī
vigraha mahatī cāsau kālī ca
great, mighty, vast
the black one; Kālī, consort of Mahākāla
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 145Names 750–756
महेश्वरी महाकाली महाग्रासा महाशना ।
अपर्णा चण्डिका चण्डमुण्डासुरनिषूदिनी ॥ १४५ ॥
maheśvarī mahākālī mahāgrāsā mahāśanā
aparṇā caṇḍikā caṇḍamuṇḍāsuraniṣūdinī
Study the whole shloka: The great eater who would not take a leaf
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mahakaliom mahakalyai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAkAlIOM mahAkAlyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAkAlIOM mahAkAlyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాకాలీఓం మహాకాల్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಕಾಲೀಓಂ ಮಹಾಕಾಲ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാകാലീഓം മഹാകാല്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாகாலீஓம் மஹாகால்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાકાલીૐ મહાકાલ્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাকালীওঁ মহাকাল্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାକାଲୀଓଁ ମହାକାଲ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ