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発音

• IPA: /ˈkɑːli/
• (anglicized alternative pronunciation of the given name) IPA: /ˈkæli/
• 韻: -ɑːli
• 韻: -æli

固有名詞

Kali

1. (Hinduism) A goddess in Hinduism, one of the most significant figures within that religion, who destroys evil forces and bestows liberation.

   Synonyms: Mahakali, Kali Maa, Kali Ma, Maa Kali

   • 1986, David R. Kinsley, Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition, published 1988, 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”, in David Gordon White, editor, Tantra in Practice, published 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”, in 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.

2. A female given name from Sanskrit used especially in India.

関連する語

• Bhadrakali
• Kali Puja

語源 2

From Sanskrit कलि (kali).

固有名詞

Kali

1. (Hinduism) A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth avatar of Vishnu.

   Synonyms: Kalipurush, Kali Purush, Kalpurush

使用する際の注意点

Some people refer the demon Kali as "Kalipurush" or "Kalpurush" to differentiate him from the goddess Kali.

派生語

• Kali Yuga

参考

• Kali on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kali (Demon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Kali in sculpture on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Paintings of Kali on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

語源 3

A shortening of German Kalium.

固有名詞

Kali

1. (homeopathy) A potassium salt.

アナグラム

• Lika, ilka, Kail, kail, kila, laik, Laki, Akil