Kalaa kaashtaadi roopena

Kala however also means time. Etymologically, 'kala' means that which absorbs everything
within itself (kalayati iti kala). Thus Mahakala is the cosmic nature of time, into which we will all
dissolve in the course of time. He is the transcendent-time (maha-kala), absolute, eternal,
measureless, and ever present.

In the taittirIya AraNyaka we have the mantra:

kalA muhUrtAH kAShThAsh chaahotrAsh cha sarvavashaH |

ardhamAsA mAsA R^itavas saMvatsarash cha kalpantAM ||

Hindu tradition tells us that:

nimeShaiH pa~ncha-dashabhiH kASThA triMshat tu tAH kalAH |

triMshat kalAH muhUrtas tu triMshatA taiH manIShiNa aho-rAtram iti prAhuH || harivaMsha
1.8.3+4

15*nimeSha-s=kAShthA; 30* kAShthA=kalA; 30*kalA-s=muhUrta; 30*muhUrta-s= ahorAtra (the

civil day).

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(1\.4\.271) ekayoktyA puShpavantau divAkaranishAkarau

## Nimesha: Time needed for flickering of an eye ##

## 18 Nimesha = Kashtha, 30 Kashtha = Kala ##

(1\.4\.272) aShTAdasha nimeShAstu kAShThA triMshat tu tAH kalA

## 30 Kala = Kshana, 12 Kshana = Muhurta ##

(1\.4\.273) tAstu triMshat kShaNaste tu muhUrto dvAdashA.astriyAm

## 30 Muhurta = (Full) day (24 Hours), 15 Days = PakSha (fortnight) ##

(1\.4\.274) te tu triMshadahorAtraH pakShaste dashapa~ncha cha

## First and second fortnight, 2 fortnights = (Lunar) Month ##

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kal [- ] A small part of anything; Bi.

Up.1.5.14; U.1.1; a bit, jot; - K.34;
Pt.2. 59; Ms.2.86,8.36; a sixteenth part;
Rv.8.47,17; a symbolic expression of the number sixteen; Hch. -2 A
digit of the moon (these are sixteen); - Ml.1.36;
Ku.5.71; Me.91. -3 Interest on capital (consideration paid for the use of money);
i.9.32. (where means 'digits' also). -4
A division of time variously computed; one minute, 48 seconds, or 8 seconds.
Mb.1.25.14;12.137.21. -5 The 6th part of one thirtieth part of a zodiacal sign, a minute of
a degree. -6 Any practical art (mechanical or fine); there are 64 such arts, as music,
dancing &c. Mbh. on P.IV.1.9. (See on 7.) -7
Skill, ingenuity. -8 Fraud, deceit. -9 (In Prosody) A syllabic instant. -1 A boat. -11 The
menstrual discharge. -12 A term for the seven substrata of the elements of the human
body; (they are :-
-13 An atom.
-14 A term for the embryo. -15 A fleshy part near the tail of the elephant (also );
Mtaga L.3.2. -16 Enumeration. -17 A form (); Bhg. 1.1.17. -18
Prowess (); Bhg.11.9.16. -Comp. - 1 another
digit. -2 interest, profit; Ll. - a tumbler, a dancer
(as on the sharp edge of a sword). - deadly poison. - a. gay, wanton. (-) an
epithet of Kma. - waning (of the moon); R.5.16. -, -, - the moon;
$ - $
Udb. - a tattooing person's body with particular mystical marks. - m. 1 the
moon. Ku.5.71. -2 an artist &c.

P. (rarely A1.) kalayati- (te-), to impel, incite, urge on etc. ; to bear, carry etc. ; to
betake one's self to ; to do, make, accomplish ; to utter a sound, murmur etc. ; (sometimes in
connection with nouns merely expressing the verbal conception exempli gratia, 'for example'
mrch- kal-,to swoon ; culuka jalasya- kal-,to take a draught of water ) ; to tie on, attach,
affix ; to furnish with ; to observe, perceive, take notice of ; to consider, count, take for ; (See
1. kalaya-, column 3.) View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

Nom. P. (fr. kali-) kalayati-, to take hold of the die called kali- on View this entry
on the original dictionary page scan.

cl.10 P. (rarely A1.) klayati- (te-), to push on, drive forward, drive before one's
self or away, carry off ; to go after (with hostile intention), persecute ; to count, tell over ; to
throw ; to announce the time (?). View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

P. -klayati-, to drive about, chase, persecute View this entry on the original
dictionary page scan.

P. -kalayati-, to seize, take hold of ; to swallow, devour ; to observe,

consider as View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

P. -klayati-, to drive onwards, chase, pursue ; to drive out (cattle for grazing) ; to
urge on, incite View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
 P. -klayati-, to drive (cattle) together (for grazing) ; to put to flight ; to carry out,
perform the last or funeral honours to a dead person View this entry on the original dictionary
page scan.

P. -kalayati-, to heap together, accumulate ; to add ; to be of opinion View

this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

Devanagari

BrahmiEXPERIMENTAL

f. a place for running, race-ground, course (also the course, path or track of the
wind and clouds in the atmosphere) View this entry on the original dictionary page
scan.

f. the mark, goal, limit etc. View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

f. the highest limit, top, summit, pitch etc. View this entry on the original
dictionary page scan.

f. a quarter or region of the world, cardinal point etc. View this entry on the
original dictionary page scan.
 f. the sixteenth part of the disk of the moon View this entry on the original
dictionary page scan.

f. a measure of time (= 1/30 kal- ;= 1/12 kal- ;= 1/15 laghu-, = 1/225 nik-, = 1/450
muhrta- ) View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

f. form, form of appearance View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

f. the sun View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

f. water View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

f. the plant Curcuma xanthorrhiza View this entry on the original dictionary page
scan.

f. Name of a daughter of daka- and wife of kayapa- (mother of the solidungulous

quadrupeds). View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.

f. Name of a town. View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kh 1 A quarter or region of the world, direction, region; ()
( ) Ki.3.55; cf. also Avimrkam 2.12. -2 A limit,
boundary; Bhg.1.1.23; Ku.5.28. -
3 The last limit, extremity, pitch, climax, excess; - Ku.3.35. -4 Race
ground, course. -5 A mark, goal. -6 The path of the wind and clouds in the atmosphere.
-7 A measure of time = A Kal; Mb.1.25.14. -8
Water. -9 The sun. -1 A fixed place of a lunar mansion. -11 N. of a wife of Kayapa and
daughter of Daka. -12 The yellow colour or the tree; cf.
Nm. -13 A form, form of appearance;
Bhg.3.28.12.