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Kali
(kä′lē)
noun
a Hindu goddess viewed both as destroying life and as giving it
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noun
Hinduism
One of the manifestations and cult titles of the wife of Shiva and mother goddess Devi, especially in her malevolent role as a goddess of death and destruction, depicted as black, red-eyed, blood-stained, and wearing a necklace of skulls.
Origin:
Origin: Sanskrit Kālī
Origin: , from kālī
Origin: , feminine of kāla-, dark
Origin: , of Dravidian origin
Origin: ; akin to Kannada kāḍu, black, blackness
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