[ kālī ] f. black colour , ink or blacking Lit. L.

abuse , censure , defamation Lit. L.

a row or succession of black clouds Lit. L.

night Lit. L.

a worm or animalcule generated in the acetous fermentation of milk ( = [ kṣīra-kīṭa ] or [ kṣāra-kīṭa ] ) Lit. L.

the plant Kālâñjanī Lit. L.

Ipomoea Turpethum Lit. L.

a kind of clay Lit. L.

Bignonia suaveolens Lit. L.

one of the seven tongues or flames of fire Lit. MuṇḍUp. i , 2 , 4

a form of Durgā Lit. MBh. iv , 195 Lit. Hariv. Lit. Kum.

one of the Mātṛis or divine mothers Lit. L.

N. of a female evil spirit (mother of the Kālakeyas) Lit. Hariv. 11552

one of the sixteen Vidyā-devīs Lit. L.

N. of Satyavatī , wife of king Śāntanu and mother of Vyāsa or Kṛishṇa-dvaipāyana (after her marriage she had a son Vicitra-vīrya , whose widows were married by Kṛishṇa-dvaipāyana , and bore to him Dhṛita-rāshṭra and Pāṇḍu Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. ; according to other legends Kālī is the wife of Bhīmasena and mother of Sarvagata Lit. BhP.)

( with or without [ gaṅgā ] ) N. of a river