Kali
Translingual
Etymology
After the Hindu goddess.
Proper noun
Kali f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Chiasmodontidae – certain snaketooth fishes, deep sea fish of fearsome appearance.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – certain prickly tumbleweeds.
Synonyms
- (genus of Amaranthaceae): Salsola kali (section)
Hypernyms
- (genus of Amaranthaceae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Amaranthaceae - family; Salsoloideae - subfamily; Salsoleae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus of Chiasmodontidae): Kali colubrina, Kali falx, Kali indica, Kali kerberti, Kali macrodon, Kali macrura, Kali parri (species)
- (genus of Amaranthaceae): Kali australis, Kali collina, Kali griffithii, Kali jacquemontii, Kali ikonnikovii, Kali komarovii, Kali paulsenii, Kali rosacea, Kali tamamschjanae, Kali tamariscina, Kali tragus, Kali turgida, Kali zaidamica (species)
References
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- Kali on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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- Kali on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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English
A 12th century bronze statue of the goddess Kali
Etymology
Sanskrit काली (kālī), feminine form of काला (kālā, “black”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑːli/
- (anglicized alternative pronunciation of the given name) IPA(key): /ˈkæli/
Proper noun
Kali
- (Hinduism) A goddess in Hinduism, one of the most significant figures within that religion, who destroys evil forces and bestows liberation.
- 1986, David R. Kinsley, Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition, 1988 paperback, page 122,
- Kālī is Śiva's "other" wife, as it were, provoking him and encouraging him in his mad, antisocial, often disruptive habits. It is never Kālī who tames Śiva but Śiva who must becalm Kālī.
- 2000, Sanjukta Gupta, 27: The Worship of Kālī According to the Toḑala Tantra, David Gordon White (editor), Tantra in Practice, 2001, page 463,
- To many Hindu Bengalis, Kālī is the most important divinity. Identified with the great Goddess, Devi Bhagavati, she subsumes all other goddesses.
- 2011, June McDaniel, 2: Kali: Goddess of Life, Death, and Transcendence, Patricia Monaghan (editor), Goddesses in World Culture, Volume 1, page 26,
- A popular form of Kali worshiped in Calcutta is Adya Shakti Kali, or Kali as primordial power. Adya Shakti Kali is also present in some tantras, especially the Mahanirvana Tantra. Because she devours Kala or Time, she is Kali, the original form of all things, and because she is the origin and devourer of all things, she is called Adya Kali.
- 1986, David R. Kinsley, Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition, 1988 paperback, page 122,
- (Hinduism) A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth Avatar of Vishnu.
- A female given name used especially in India.
Related terms
Translations
goddess
male demon
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female given name
See also
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Anagrams
German
Noun
Kali n (genitive Kalis, plural Kalis)
Declension
Declension of Kali
Greenlandic
Alternative forms
- (old orthography) Kale
Etymology
Proper noun
Kali
- A male given name.
Related terms
References
- Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, →ISBN
- Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland
Portuguese
Proper noun
Kali f
- (Hinduism) Kali (goddess)
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
Kali ? (Cyrillic spelling Кали)
- A municipality in Croatia.
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