# कालान्तक (kālāntaka)

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

कालान्तक (kālāntaka) is a Sanskrit word meaning time regarded as the god of death, yama, death.

- **Etymology:** E. काल, and अन्तक destroyer — E. kāla, and antaka destroyer
- **SLP1:** `kAlAntaka`  **IAST:** kālāntaka  **Devanagari:** कालान्तक
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalantaka
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kalantaka/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** कालांतक (kālāṃtaka), कलन्तक (kalantaka)

## Meanings by context

### Yama / Death Personified (4 definitions)
- time regarded as the god of death  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 279,1] काला (kālā) न्तक (ntaka) m. time regarded as the god of death, Mahābhārata (Title) iii, 11500; R. [ ID=49575 ]
- Yama, death  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > काल (kāla) ान्तक (kālāntaka) [Printed book page 218 ] काल (kāla) ान्तक (kālāntaka) m. ( - कः (-kaḥ) ) YAMA, death. E. काल (kāla), and अन्तक (antaka) destroyer. [ ID=10262 ]
- Death  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कालान्तक (kālāntaka) [Printed book page 183-b ] काला _ न्तक (kālā_ntaka) ( कः ) ((kaḥ)) 1. m. Death. [ ID=9701 ]
- Yama, death  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > काल (kāla) ान्तक (kālāntaka) [Printed book page 179-a ] काल (kāla) ान्तक (kālāntaka) m. ( - कः (-kaḥ) ) YAMA, death. E. काल (kāla) and अन्तक (antaka) destroyer. [ ID=10257 ]

## Sources

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

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