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Kali2 Hinduism.|ˈkɑːliː|
Also Cali.
[Skr. kālī fem. of kāla black, dark; also taken as fem. of Kālà time (as destroyer), one of the names of Siva.]
The name given to the Hindu mother-goddess Devi, consort of Siva, in her most terrible form as goddess of destruction and death, when she is depicted as blackskinned, smeared with blood, and wearing a necklace of skulls and a girdle of snakes.
1798W. C. Blaquire tr. in Asiatick Researches V. 369 Let the sacrificer say Hrang, hrīng. Ca´li, Ca´li, O horrid-toothed goddess; eat, cut, destroy all the malignant. 1810E. Moor Hindu Pantheon 145 Of the many names of the goddess..those of Parvati, Bhavani, Durga, Kali, and Devi..are the most common. 1832C. Coleman Mythol. Hindus vii. 92 Kali is also called the goddess of cemeteries, under which form she is described dancing with the infant Siva in her arms. 1882W. J. Wilkins Hindu Mythol. vii. 257 Kāli (the black woman), or, as she is more commonly called Kāli Mā, the black mother, with the aid of Chandi, slew Raktavija, the principal leader of the giant's army. 1917A. Coomaraswamy in Coomaraswamy & Duggirala tr. Mirror of Gesture 8 Kālī..dances in the burning ground..to signify the heart of the devotee made empty by renunciation. 1933E. A. Payne Śāktas ii. 13 Hibiscus flowers have become a favourite present to Kālī, probably because they are the colour of blood. 1952S. Selvon Brighter Sun vii. 130 Don't know Indian people haveam own god?.. To pray Kali for rain? 1971‘G. Black’ Time for Pirates i. 9 They were Moslems, which meant that there shouldn't have been a place in their faith for a worship of Kali, the Destroyer. |