# कालामुख (kālāmukha)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kalamukha

कालामुख (kālāmukha) is a Sanskrit word meaning a Shiva sect, kala, an adherent of a Shaiva sect.

- **SLP1:** `kAlAmuKa`  **IAST:** kālāmukha  **Devanagari:** कालामुख
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamukha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kalamukha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** कालमुखा (kālamukhā), कालमुख (kālamukha)

## Meanings by context

### Other (3 definitions)
- a Shiva sect  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 277,3] काला - मुख (kālā-mukha) a m. pl. N. of a Śaiva sect ( cf. काली - म् (kālī-m) ° (°).) [ ID=49231 ]
- See 1. kala.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 279,2] काल (kāla) ा - मुख (kālā-mukha) b See 1. काल (kāla). [ ID=49652 ]
- an adherent of a Shaiva sect  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > कालामुख (kālāmukha) [Printed book page 0226-b ] कालामुख (kālāmukha) kālāmukha, as, m. (fr. kāla- mukha? ), N. of a Śaiva sect. [ ID=14606 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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