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2007-08-21 13:02:35 · 4 answers · asked by robert j s 1 in Society & Culture Mythology & Folklore

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KALI - MA

Kali is a feminine form of the Sanskrit word "kala," meaning "time". It also means "black". Kali has therefore been translated variously as "She who is time," "She who devours time," "She who is the Mother of time," "She who is black," and "She who is black time". Kali's association with blackness stands in contrast to her consort, Shiva, whose body is covered by the white ashes of the cremation ground (Sanskrit: 'śmaśan') in which he meditates, and with which they are both associated, hence Kali's epithet 'Śmaśanâ.'

MA means mother.

Mother kali is an incarnation of mother durga and mother parvati and they all depict the female force of Shiva. The story of kali goes like this. There came a time when there was so much evil that mother durga couldn't take it any more that she grew angry and came to earth as kali maa. Kali maa destroyed all the demons and had to drink their blood for our sake for if it fell on the floor the demons would multiply. In her rage she, herself was causing destruction being such a powerful goddess. She was so angry that she was going to stamp her foot on the ground but her power was so great that if she did so she would have caused an earthquake powerful enough to destroy the world. But Lord Shiva himself appeared under her and seeing his divine face she stopped.-

2007-08-22 20:13:33 · answer #1 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 1 0

Kali Ma is an indian Goddess, more typically referred to as Kali.

Kalima is also another word for the shahadah, or Islamic creed.

2007-08-21 20:19:08 · answer #2 · answered by Zimmia 5 · 0 0

Arabic, “speaker”; Hindi, “blackness; darkness; mother Kali”; Lozi of Zambia, “prosperous cultivator.

2007-08-21 21:20:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

the dark goddess in Hindi(its an Indian language)

2007-08-21 20:21:23 · answer #4 · answered by ... 4 · 0 0

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