Kala (time)

Kālá (Sanskrit: काल, IPA: [kɑːˈlə]) (Tamil: காலம்ⁱ/ˈ/ kaalam or kaala) is a word used in Sanskrit to mean "time". The Tamil word kaalam refers to duration (an interval) in time. It is also the name of a deity in which sense it is not always distinguishable from kāla meaning "black". It is often used as one of the various names or forms of Yama.

Monier-Williams's widely used Sanskrit-English dictionary lists two distinct words with the form kāla.

According to Monier-Williams, kāla 2 is from the verbal root kal "to calculate", while the root of kāla 1 is uncertain, though possibly the same.

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