MAHAKALA

Meaning of MAHAKALA in English

[Hindu] "Great Time". One of the destructive aspects of Shiva in Vedic Hinduism, time being seen as the destroyer of all things.

Encyclopedia Mythica English dictionary. Английский энциклопедический словарь греческой мифологии. 2012

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