Kali
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- Kali
- a name of Devi, the Hindu mother-goddess, in her death-goddess aspect, 1798, from Sanskrit kali, literally "the black one," fem. of kalah "blue-black, black," from a Dravidian language. Also taken as the fem. of kala "time" (as destroyer). She is portrayed as black-skinned, blood-smeared, and wearing a necklace of skulls and a girdle of snakes.
Example
- 1. Throughout the kali yuga , human civilization degenerates further .
- 2. Like hindu goddess kali , her role is to transmute suffering .
- 3. In the later traditions , kali has become inextricably linked with shiva .
- 4. He says more than 200 candidates called him for his services , which include invoking kali , the goddess of victory .
- 5. This is the place where the river kali meets the arabian sea .