Definitions for kaliˈkɑ li

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Ka•liˈkɑ li(n.)

  1. the wife of Shiva and a form of the Hindu mother goddess, Shakti, having destructive and creative powers.

    Category: Eastern Religions

Princeton's WordNet

  1. saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda(noun)

    bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash

  2. Kali(noun)

    wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi

    "the black"

Wiktionary

  1. Kali(ProperNoun)

    A goddess in Hinduism, and one of the most significant figures within that religion.

  2. Kali(ProperNoun)

    A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth Avatar of Vishnu.

  3. Kali(ProperNoun)

    used in India.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kali(noun)

    the last and worst of the four ages of the world; -- considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and to last 432,000 years

  2. Kali(noun)

    the black, destroying goddess; -- called also Doorga, Anna Purna

  3. Kali(noun)

    the glasswort (Salsola Kali)

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Kali

    one of the names of the wife of Siva (q. v.), and of whom she is the female counterpart, and has been identified with the Greek Hecate (q. v.); she is represented with a necklace of human heads.


Translations for kali

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

occasion(noun)

a particular time

I've heard him speak on several occasions.

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