# महाकला (mahākalā)

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महाकला (mahākalā) is a Sanskrit word meaning the night of the new moon.

- **SLP1:** `mahAkalA`  **IAST:** mahākalā  **Devanagari:** महाकला
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahakala
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/mahakala/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** महाकाल (mahākāla)

## Meanings by context

### Other (3 definitions)
- the night of the new moon  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 795,1] महा (mahā) — कला (—kalā) f. the night of the new moon, Cat. [ ID=159338 ]
- the night of the new moon  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > महाकला (mahākalā) [Printed book page 560-08 ] महा - कला (mahā-kalā) f. the night of the new moon. [ ID=29484 ]
- The night of the new moon  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > महाकला (mahākalā) [Printed book page 556-b ] महाकला (mahākalā) f. ( - ला (-lā) ) The night of the new moon. [ ID=30867 ]

## Sources

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

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