kali m. (1. %{kal} Comm. on Un2. iv , 117)N. of the die or side of a
die marked with one dot , the losing die AV. vii , 109 , 1 S3Br. &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 %{hiMsA} , `" Injury "' , and as
generating with his sister %{durukti} , `" Calumny. "' two children ,
viz. %{bhaya} , `" Fear "' , and %{mRtyu} , `" Death "' BhP. iv , 8 , 3
; 4) MBh. Hit. &c. [262,1] ;
the worst of a class or number of objects MBh. xii , 361 ; 363 ; a
hero (or an arrow , %{zUra} , or %{zara}) L. ;
N. of S3iva MBh. xiii , 1192 ; N. of an Upanishad (= %{kalisaMtaraNa})
; (%{i4s}) 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. ; (%{is} , %{I}) f. an unblown flower , bud L.
