[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1072 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1072 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1072 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1072](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1072) MAHĀ-KĀLA. ‘Great Time.’ 1. A name of Siva in his destructive character. (\*See\* Siva.) 2. One of the twelve great Lingas. (\*See\* Linga.) 3. In the caves of Elephanta this form of Siva is represented with eight arms. In one hand he holds a human figure; in another, a sword or sacrificial axe; in a third, a basin of blood; in a fourth, the sacrificial bell; with two he is drawing behind him the veil which extinguishes the sun; and two are broken off. 4. Chief of the Gaṇas or attendants on Siva. - [Previous: c5.1071](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1071) - [Next: c5.1073](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1073) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1072](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1072) · Pramāṇa