कालिका

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • kālikā (Latin script)
  • 𑀓𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • কালিকা (Bengali script)
  • කාලිකා (Sinhalese script)
  • ကာလိကာ or ၵႃလိၵႃ (Burmese script)
  • กาลิกา (Thai script)
  • ᨠᩣᩃᩥᨠᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ກາລິກາ (Lao script)
  • កាលិកា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄇𑄂𑄣𑄨𑄇𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adjective

कालिका

  1. Devanagari script form of kālikā, which is inflection of कालिक:
    1. ablative singular masculine/neuter
    2. nominative/vocative plural masculine
    3. nominative singular feminine
    4. nominative/vocative plural (kālika, “timely”)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From काल (kāla, “destruction, blackness”) +‎ -इका (-ikā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

कालिका • (kālikā) stem, f

  1. (Hinduism) Kali, title of goddess Durga. Also known as काली.
  2. the most terrifying Goddess, wife of Shiva, identified as Parvati in her benevolent aspect.

Declension

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