Kālī

[ kah-lee ]

noun

, Hinduism.

1. the wife of Shiva and the malevolent form of the Mother Goddess.

kali

¹

/ ˈkeɪ-; ˈkælɪ /

noun

1. another name for saltwort

Kali

²

/ ˈkɑːlɪ /

noun

1. the Hindu goddess of destruction, consort of Siva. Her cult was characterized by savagery and cannibalism

Example Sentences

Thus, we have kālī or kārī, black; phar or phal, fruit; Skr. rajju-, B. leju-rī a string; Lakhnaur, the name of a town, quite commonly pronounced Nakhlaul; and the English names Kelly and Currie both pronounced indifferently karī or kalī.

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The popular belief is that in a dispute between him and his wife, Pārvatī, alias Kālī, she cursed the person that should thenceforward dare to drink of the water that flowed over his images on earth.

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Seeing him, Kālī Mā, said that she was so hungry that she must eat him, though she had intended to eat the people in the palace.

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Afterwards gaining admission to the palace Kālī Mā ate up everyone in it except the Rājā’s daughter.

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One night the goddess Kālī came to the Rājā’s palace and knocked at the gate: but no one would come to open it.

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