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Statue of the deity Kala, Bangkok City Pillar Shrine [1]. Kala (Sanskrit: काल, romanized: Kālá/Kālam, [2] IPA:) is a Sanskrit term that means 'time' [3] or 'death'. [4] As time personified, destroying all things, Kala is a god of death, and often used as one of the epithets of Yama.
Kalā means 'performing art' in Sanskrit. In Hindu scriptures, Shiva is the master of Kalā. In the Lalita Sahasranama, the devi is invoked as an embodiment of the 64 fine arts. [1] In some contexts, devi Sarasvati is also attributed with this the 64 kalās and thus she is called Kalanidhi or Chausath Kalamayi. (the owner of 64 kalās)
(12–13) The Rishis, measuring time, have given particular names to particular portions. Five and ten winks of the eye make what is called a Kashtha. Thirty Kashthas make what is called a Kala. Thirty Kalas, with the tenth part of a Kala, make a Muhurta. Thirty Muhurtas make up one day and night.
The first part of the word kalaratri is kala. Kala primarily means time, but also means black. This is a masculine noun in Sanskrit. Time, as perceived by ancient Indian mystics, is where everything takes place; the framework on which all creation unfolds. The mystics conceived of kala as a personified deity.
The term Kali is derived from Kala, which is mentioned quite differently in Sanskrit. [10] The homonym kālá (time) is distinct from kāla (black), but these became associated through popular etymology. [11] Kali is then understood as "she who is the ruler of time", or "she who is black". [10]
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Yama (Sanskrit: यम, lit. 'twin'), also known as Kāla and Dharmarāja, is the Hindu god of death and justice, responsible for the dispensation of law and punishment of sinners in his abode, Naraka.
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