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Kali

Ka·li [ klee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
Hindu goddess: a Hindu goddess of destruction, one of the manifestations of the wife of the god Shiva, who destroys in order to recreate. She is depicted with wild red eyes, wears a necklace of severed heads, and wields a bloody sword.

[< Sanskrit]
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