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  • Kālī
    Kālī
    noun
    the wife of Shiva and the malevolent form of the Mother Goddess.
  • Kali
    Kali
    noun
    the Hindu goddess of destruction, consort of Siva. Her cult was characterized by savagery and cannibalism
  • kali
    kali
    noun
    another name for saltwort

Kālī

American  
[kah-lee] / ˈkɑ li /

noun

Hinduism.

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

Kali 1 British  
/ ˈkɑːlɪ /

noun

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

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kali 2 British  
/ ˈkeɪ-, ˈkælɪ /

noun

  1. another name for saltwort

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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.

From Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Bompas, Cecil Henry

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