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kali

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In Hinduism , Kali ( Devanāgari : , IAST : , with both vowels short; from a root , "suffer, grieve, hurt; confound, confuse") is the reigning lord of Kali Yuga and archenemy of Kalki , the 10th and final Avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu . In the Kalki Purana ...

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Kali \Ka"li\, n. [Skr. kali.] (Hind. Cosmog.) The last and worst of the four ages of the world; -- considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and to last 432,000 years.

Usage examples of kali.

Kali was too crippled and toothless to be the child-killer, though Aganippe had once seen the grim old girl gum a hapless intruder half to death.

The chants began, first as two screams, then as drumrolls, and the feet began hitting the floor and the whole ashram building shook with the chant of Kali.

Baynes knelt in the rear with his family, and they all waved their arms and screamed when the rest of the ashram screamed to kill for the love of Kali.

Longines stopped the fiacre at the point where Kali Avenue crossed Exchange Street.

It must be remembered that Kali, while within the body of Nala, had been enchanted by the serpent Karkotaka.

Cherokee raced down Kali Oka Road, tires screaming on the narrow black asphalt each time the car rounded a curve.

Chapman, Kali Oka Road looked and sounded like some out-of-control block party.

Kali Oka Road, rising and falling across the darkened landscape in response to her shouts.

More screams followed, both male and female, as fear took firm root along Kali Oka Road.

It was a sudden transition from mortality to godhood, but David rose to the occasion, following the lead of little O-aa, daughter of Oose, king of Kali.

Kali or Durga during the act of sex had Roz looking interested, the nun looking fastidious, and the poor Lutheran minister looking as if she might stand up and flee.

They wrapped the forty dollars in the holy rumal, and with songs of praise and the raw sugar still on their lips, went before the Holy One, who had been brought to America by Kali.

The demon about to be offered up to Kali smiled and then the rumal snapped in half.

That fly gangstah bitch Kali now high in the saddle, getting busy, working me with that slippery slidy velvet crotch glove, thumping and bumping and grinding, riding the pony to Paradise as I looked out the window and smoked a cigarette.

Just think, Rosita, if the relief guard riding to the Residency had not found the half-stangled syce in time for us to learn of her kidnap and the location of the secret Temple of Kali, which they had visited previously.