kali (4579)

kali
Entry 4579, Page 172, Col. 1

(kali, kali)
kali¦, m. (in this sense = Pali id., but not in Skt.), sin, depravity: Mvy 621, 622, see s.vv. Kāyakali-, Vākkali- (Tib. skyon, normally = doṣa); Divy 623.21 (vs, tho printed as prose) pāpakaṃ karma kilviṣaṃ kalir eva ca; Jm 103.24 kali-paddhatiṃ (surām; kali-bala, the power of evil (text °vala), Dbh.g. 52(78).8 °parihāropāya-vidyarddhi- mantaḥ, and 16 vijita-kalivalaughās; kali-mala-pari- pūrṇa- Kv 90.16; sattva-kali-kaluṣair Śikṣ 279.7; rāga- doṣa-moha-kali-kaluṣa-vinodanī LV 286.12; kali-pāsu (read °sa? for °śu or °śa, so v.l.) LV 371.17 (vs); kali- puruṣa, man of depravity, said of Devadatta, Mv i.128.14 (mss. kāli°); kali-nṛpa, evil king, LV 165.22; kali-rāja(n), id., Divy 574.10; RP 21.18; MSV i.29.2; (see also s.v. Kaliṅga-rājan;) in Ud viii.4 word-play on the other mg. of kali, bad luck at dice (Chakravarti ignores this), alpamātro hy ayaṃ kalir ya ihākṣeṇa dhanaṃ parājayet, ayam atra mahattaraḥ kalir yaḥ sugateṣu manaḥ pradūṣayet (same vs Pali Sn 659); see also Ud viii.3; often regarded as characteristic of Māra the Evil One, and so cpd. with Māra-: SP 481.8 nirjeṣyaty ayaṃ…Māra-kali-cakraṃ (Māra's wheel of depravity) pravartayiṣyaty ayaṃ dharma- cakraṃ; LV 180.9 Māra-kali-pāśāṃś (cf. LV 371.17, above) ca saṃchinatti sma; Māra-kali-vikiraṇa-vinarditam ava- tarāmi Gv 206.25; Māra-kali-kleśa-sūdana(ḥ) Gv 483.9 (vs), so read with the citation Śikṣ 104.1 (Gv text corruptly sudama).

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