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| Mahakali | |
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Mother Goddess Goddess of Time and Death[1] | |
| Member of Mahavidya | |
 Mahakali, National Museum, Delhi | |
| Devanagari | महाकाली |
| Sanskrit transliteration | Mahākālī |
| Affiliation | Parvati, Shaktism, Kali, Lakshmi, Tridevi, Saraswati |
| Abode | Manidvipa |
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| Weapon | Dhāl shield, trishul, sword, dagger, akshay patra, bow and arrow, scimitar, cobra, gada, the Vedas, chakram, noose, vajra, conch |
| Consort | Shiva as Mahakala |
Mahakali (Sanskrit: महाकाली, romanized: Mahākālī) is the Hindu goddess of time and death in the goddess-centric tradition of Shaktism. She is also known as the supreme being in various Tantras and Puranas.
Similar to Kali, Mahakali is a fierce goddess associated with universal power, time, life, death, and both rebirth and liberation. She is the consort of Bhairava, the god of consciousness, the basis of reality and existence. Mahakali, in Sanskrit, is etymologically the feminised variant of Mahakala, or Great Time (which is also interpreted as Death), Shiva in Hinduism.
- ^ Harding (1993), p. 53.