कलि

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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A derivative of the root कल् (kal).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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कलि (káli) stemm

  1. name of the die or side of a die marked with one dot, the losing die (personified as an evil genius in the episode of nala)
  2. symbolical expression for the number 1
  3. Terminalia bellerica (the nuts of which in older times were used as dice)
  4. Kali Yuga: name of the last and worst of the four yugas or ages, the present age, age of vice (the kali- age contains, inclusive of the two dawns, 1200 years of the gods or 432,000 years of men, and begins the eighteenth of February, 3102 B.C.;at the end of this yuga- the world is to be destroyed)
  5. Kali: strife, discord, quarrel, contention (personified as the son of krodha-,"Anger", and hiṃsā-,"Injury", and as generating with his sister durukti-,"Calumny."two children, viz. bhaya-,"Fear", and mṛtyu-,"Death" )
  6. the worst of a class or number of objects

Declension

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Masculine i-stem declension of कलि (káli)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कलिः
káliḥ
कली
kálī
कलयः
kálayaḥ
Vocative कले
kále
कली
kálī
कलयः
kálayaḥ
Accusative कलिम्
kálim
कली
kálī
कलीन्
kálīn
Instrumental कलिना / कल्या¹
kálinā / kályā¹
कलिभ्याम्
kálibhyām
कलिभिः
kálibhiḥ
Dative कलये
kálaye
कलिभ्याम्
kálibhyām
कलिभ्यः
kálibhyaḥ
Ablative कलेः / कल्यः¹
káleḥ / kályaḥ¹
कलिभ्याम्
kálibhyām
कलिभ्यः
kálibhyaḥ
Genitive कलेः / कल्यः¹
káleḥ / kályaḥ¹
कल्योः
kályoḥ
कलीनाम्
kálīnām
Locative कलौ / कला¹
kálau / kálā¹
कल्योः
kályoḥ
कलिषु
káliṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Synonyms

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  • कलिपुरुष (kalipuruṣa) (the demon Kali or Kalipurush, representing the widespread wickedness that dominates the Kali Yuga era)
  • कलियुग (kaliyuga) (Kali Yuga, the wicked age of the demon Kalipurush)

References

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