the base kalka, functioning as a possessive (matvartha) suffix meaning "one who possesses."

While the literal translation suggests "one who possesses filth," theological interpretations in texts like the Sabdakalpadruma clarify that the suffix is applied in a privative or transformative sense: "He for whom the filth (of the world) is to be destroyed" ????? ???? ?????????? ????? ????. Alternatively, the name is linked to the agentive suffix -nin ???? applied to the root kal (to impel,