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kaliकलिkáli m. (√ 1. kal Comm. on [Uṇ. iv, 117]), N. of the die or side of a die marked with one dot, the losing die, [AV. vii, 109, 1]; [ŚBr.] &c. (personified as an evil genius in the episode of Nala)
symbolical expression for the number 1
Terminalia Bellerica (the nuts of which in older times were used as dice), [L.]
N. of the last and worst of the four Yugas or ages, the present age, age of vice, [AitBr.]; [Mn. i, 86]; [ix, 301 f.]; [MBh.] &c. (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; see yuga)
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’, [BhP. iv, 8, 3]; [4]), [MBh.]; [Hit.] &c.
the worst of a class or number of objects, [MBh. xii, 361]; [363]
a hero (or an arrow, śūra, or śara), [L.]
N. of Śiva, [MBh. xiii, 1192]
N. of an Upaniṣad (= kalisaṃtaraṇa)
(ís), m. N. of a class of mythic beings (related to the Gandharvas, and supposed by some to be fond of gambling; in epic poetry Kali is held to be the fifteenth of the Deva-gandharvas or children of the Munis), [AV. x, 10, 13]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
N. of a man, [RV.]
káli (is, ī), f. an unblown flower, bud, [L.]
kalikāकलिकाf. the sixteenth part of the moon, [Bhartṛ.]
a division of time (= kalā, q.v.)
an unblown flower, bud, [Śak.]; [Ragh.] &c.
the bottom or peg of the Indian lute (made of cane), [L.]
N. of several metres
a kind of artificial verse (cf. kānta-k°)
N. of wk. on medicine.
See p. 261, col. 3.
kalikaकलिकm. a curlew, [W.]
kalilaकलिलmfn. (√ 1. kal, [Uṇ. i, 55]), mixed with, [Śiś. xix, 98]
full of, covered with, [MBh.]; [BhP.] &c.
impenetrable, impervious
n. a large heap, thicket, confusion, [ŚvetUp.]; [Bhag.] &c.
kalinīकलिनीf. pea-plant, pulse, [L.]
kalitaकलितmfn. impelled, driven &c. (cf. √ 3. kal)
made, formed, [Śiś. iii, 81]
furnished or provided with, [Vikr.]; [Bhpr.] &c.
divided, separated, [L.]
sounded indistinctly, murmured, [W.]
See √ 3. kal.
kaliṅgāकलिङ्गाf. a beautiful woman, [L.]
Opomea Turpethum
kaliṅgaकलिङ्गm. pl. N. of a people and their country (the N. is applied in the Purāṇas to several places, but especially signifies a district on the Coromandel coast, extending from below Cuttack [Kaṭaka] to the vicinity of Madras), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [VP.] &c.
m. an inhabitant of Kaliṅga, [Sāh.]
N. of a king of Kaliṅga (from whom the Kaliṅga people are said to have originated; he is sometimes mentioned as a son of Dīrghatamas and Sudeṣṇā, sometimes identified with Bali), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
N. of a being attending on Skanda, [MBh. (ed. Bomb.) ix, 45, 64] (v.l. kalinda ed. Calc.)
N. of several authors
the fork-tailed shrike, [L.]
Caesalpina Bonducella, [L.]
Wrightia antidysenterica, [L.]
Acacia Sirissa, [L.]
Ficus infectoria, [L.]
n. the seed of Wrightia antidysenterica, [Suśr.]
mfn. clever, cunning, [L.]
kaliñjaकलिञ्जm. a mat, [L.]
n. wood, [L.] (cf. kiliñja.)
kalidruकलिद्रुkali—dru m. ‘tree of strife’, Terminalia Bellerica (supposed to be the haunt of imps), [Bhpr.]
kalikṛtकलिकृत्kali—kṛt mfn. contentious, quarrelling.
kalindāकलिन्दाf. N. of a river, [R.]
kalindīकलिन्दीf. N. of the river Yamunā (= kālindī, q.v.), [R.]
kalindaकलिन्दm. Terminalia Bellerica, [L.]
the sun, [L.]
N. of a mountain on which the river Yamunā rises
N. of a being attending on Skanda, [MBh. (ed. Calc.) ix, 2566] (v.l. kaliṅga ed. Bomb.)
m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh. (ed. Calc.) xiii, 2104] (v.l. kaliṅga ed. Bomb.)
kalihārīकलिहारीkali—hārī f. Methonica Superba, [Bhpr.]
kalikālaकलिकालkali—kāla m. the Kali age, [Kathās.]
kalikārīकलिकारीkali—kārī f. Methonica superba, [L.]
kalikāraकलिकारkali—kāra m. (in all its meanings, [L.]) the fork-tailed shrike
Loxia philippensis
a kind of chicken
Pongamia glabra
Guilandina Bonduc
N. of Nārada
kalikātāकलिकाताf. the town Calcutta.
kalināthaकलिनाथkali—nātha m. N. of a writer on music.
kaliyugaकलियुगkali—yuga n. the Kali age (see above), [Mn. i, 85]; [MBh.] &c.
kaliṅgakāकलिङ्गकाf. a particular plant, [L.]
kaliṅgakaकलिङ्गकm. the country of the Kaliṅgas
the seed of Wrightia antidysenterica, [Car.]
kaliśatruकलिशत्रुkali—śatru m. an evil enemy(?), [Bcar. v, 75].
kaliñjaraकलिञ्जरm. N. of a king (?), [Rājat. vii, 1268.]
kalidrumaकलिद्रुमkali—druma m. id. Comm. on [Uṇ. i, 108.]
kalimālyaकलिमाल्यkali—mālya m. id., [ib.]
kalindajāकलिन्दजाkalinda-jā f. N. of the river Yamunā, [Bhām.]
kalindikāकलिन्दिकाf. science, [L.]
(v.l. kalandikā.)
kalipradaकलिप्रदkali—prada m. a liquor-shop, [Nigh.]
kalipriyaकलिप्रियkali—priya mfn. fond of quarrelling, quarrelsome, mischievous
kali—priya m. N. of Nārada, an ape, [L.]
kalistomaकलिस्तोमkali—stoma m. a particular Stoma.
kalivṛkṣaकलिवृक्षkali—vṛkṣa m. Terminalia Bellerica, [L.]
kaliśāsanaकलिशासनkali—śāsana m. a Jina, [L.]
kalikārakaकलिकारकkali—kāraka m. N. of Nārada, [L.]
Caesalpina Bonducella, [L.]
kalikārikāकलिकारिकाkali—kārikā f. N. of a plant.
kalimālakaकलिमालकkali—mālaka m. id., [ib.]
kalimārakaकलिमारकkali—māraka m. Caesalpina Bonducella, [L.]
kalivarjyaकलिवर्ज्यkali—varjya mfn. (in law) to be avoided in the present Kali age, obsolete
kaliṅgabījaकलिङ्गबीजkaliṅga—bīja n. the seed of Wrightia antidysenterica, [L.]
kaliṅgasenāकलिङ्गसेनाkaliṅga—senā f. N. of a princess, [Kathās.]
kaliṅgayavaकलिङ्गयवkaliṅga—yava m. id., [Npr.]
kalicchandasकलिच्छन्दस्kali—cchandas n. a kind of metre.
kalikāpūrvaकलिकापूर्वn. an unforeseen event (as birth &c.) partly resulting from an act and leading to totally unforeseen consequences (as heaven &c.; paramāpūrvajanako 'ṅgajanyāpūrvabhedaḥ, [T.]), [Nyāyak.]
kalikuñcikāकलिकुञ्चिकाkali—kuñcikā f. a younger sister of a husband, [L.]
kalindasutāकलिन्दसुताkalinda—sutā f. id., [Bālar.]; [Kād.] &c.
kalindātmajāकलिन्दात्मजाf. id.
kalindakanyāकलिन्दकन्याkalinda—kanyā f. ‘Kalinda's daughter’, N. of the river Yamunā, [Ragh.]
kalisaṃśrayaकलिसंश्रयkali—saṃśraya m. the act of betaking one's self to Kali.
kalitakusumaकलितकुसुमkalita-kusuma mfn. budded, blossomed, [Mālatīm.]
kalivināśinīकलिविनाशिनीkali—vināśinī f. N. of a goddess, [BrahmaP.]
kalindatanayāकलिन्दतनयाkalinda—tanayā f. id., [Bālar.]; [Kād.] &c.
kalisaṃtaraṇaकलिसंतरणkali—saṃtaraṇa n. N. of an Upaniṣad.
kalindanandinīकलिन्दनन्दिनीkalinda—nandinī f. id., [Bālar.]; [Kād.] &c.
kalindaśailajātāकलिन्दशैलजाताkalinda—śaila-jātā f. id., [Bālar.]; [Kād.] &c.
kalidharmanirṇayaकलिधर्मनिर्णयkali—dharma-nirṇaya m. N. of wk.
kaliviṣṇuvardhanaकलिविष्णुवर्धनkali—viṣṇu-vardhana m. N. of a king, [Inscr.]
kalidharmasārasaṃgrahaकलिधर्मसारसंग्रहkali—dharma-sāra-saṃgraha m. N. of a work.