कालिय (kāliya) is a Sanskrit word meaning relating to time, the present age, commonly called the Kali-yuga, a serpent destroyed by Krishna, name of a Naga or cobra, the name of a Naga, the Kaliyuga. Its 17 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them The Nāga King Kāliya, Adjective 'relating to time' or 'timely', The Kali Yuga (cosmic age).
the name of a Naga inhabiting the Yamuna and slain by Krishna
(H2) [Printed book page 278,1] कालिय (kāliya)am.N. of a Nāga (inhabiting the Yamunā, slain by Kṛṣṇa, also written कालीय (kālīya), Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) ), Mahābhārata (Title) ; Harivaṃśa (Title) &c. [ID=49317]
कालिय (kāliya) [Printed book page 067-3] कालिय (kāliya) kāl-iya, m.N.of a Nāga; cobra. [ID=5845]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Relating to time. 2. A serpent destroyed by Krishna.
काल (kāla)िय (kāliya) [Printed book page 218] काल (kāla)िय (kāliya) mfn. (-यः (-yaḥ)-या-यं (-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ)) Relating to time, &c. m. (-यः (-yaḥ)) A serpent destroyed by KṚṢṆA.
E. काल (kāla), and घ (gha) aff.
[ID=10283]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Relating to time. 2. A serpent.
कालिय (kāliya) [Printed book page 184-a] कालिय (kāliya)(यः-या-यं) ((yaḥ-yā-yaṃ))a. Relating to time. m. A serpent. [ID=9721]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Name of a large serpent inhabiting the Yamuna, killed by Krishna
कालिय (kāliya) [Printed book page 186-13] कालिय (kāliya)m. Name of a large serpent inhabiting the Yamunā, killed by Kṛishṇa, कालिय (kāliya)विषधरगंजन (kāliyaviṣadharagaṃjana)Git.G. i., R. vi.49. [ID=9248]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Relating to time. 2. A serpent destroyed by Krishna.
कालिय (kāliya) [Printed book page 179-b] कालिय (kāliya)
mfn. (-यः (-yaḥ)-या-यं (-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ)) Relating to time, &c.
m. (-यः (-yaḥ)) A serpent destroyed by KṚṢṆA.
E. काल, (kāla,) and घ (gha) aff.
[ID=10278]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
The name of a Naga
कालिय (kāliya) [Printed book page 0183-a] कालिय (kāliya)kāliya,i. e. 2. kāla + iya,m.
The name of a Nāga, MBh. 1, 1551.
[ID=3350]
— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
the name of a serpent living in the Yamuna River, slain by Krishna
कालिय (kāliya) [Printed book page 0225-a] 1. kāliya, as, m., N. of a Nāga or serpent inhabit- ing the Yamunā, slain by Kṛṣṇa (also written kālīya, see below). —Kāliya-damana, as, or kāliya-jit, m., N. of Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu as destroyer of the serpent. [ID=14569]
A serpent chief of the Krodhavasha group who lived in the Yamuna river and was subdued by Krishna.
कालिय (kāliya) [Printed book page 1-367] Kāliya (I) — a chief of the Krodhavaśa group of ser- pents. Got into a pool of the Yamunā, causing the death of people who drank of the waters. Kṛṣṇa subjugated it and ordered it to go to the sea, thus making the waters drinkable. He assured Kālīya of freedom from Garuḍa's hostility. Son of Kadru, Kāliya originally lived in Rama- ṇaka, and refused to give Bali to Garuḍa according to an agreement with him. In the fight that ensued, Kāliya was vanquished, and he resorted to the Kālindi pool where Garuḍa could not come. But he was expelled by Kṛṣṇa.1 In the Atalam region;2 in Talvalam ?3 Page1-368+ 29
[Printed book page 0226-c] कालिय (kāliya) 3 . kāliya, as, m. (fr. kali; for 1. and 2. see under 1. and 2. kāla), the present age, commonly called the Kali-yuga. [ID=14621]
[Printed book page 1-368] Kāliya (II) — a dānava king. Br. IV. 29. 124. [ID=2959]
— The Purana Index
The Kāliyas (plural), serpents of Mahātala
1 definition1
the serpents of Mahatalam
Kāliyas — the serpents of Mahātalam. Bhā. V. 24. 29. [ID=2960]
— The Purana Index
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Definitions on this page come from 11 works:
Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
