kali

deity intermediate Hindu single tradition · 27

Kali is another name for Virupaksha. It is believed that Virupaksha is also called kali because his full emergence will end the Kali Yuga.

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When

First attested
2000 BCE
Attested period
-2000 – 2020
Historical notes
First major appearance in the sixth-century CE text Devi Mahatmya.

Relationships

co occurs with
Gogaji, Kamrunag devta, Murai Mata, Shitala, Kalwa Pawan, Lalita Masani, Shyam Baba, Sabal Singh Bawri, Kesarmal Bawri, Nathia Chowki, Pittar, Brahm Baba, Matres, Yātudhānīs, Piśācas, Yakṣas, Rakṣasas, Vināyakas, Kotarī, Revatī, Jyeṣṭhā, Pūtanā, Unmāda, Apasmāra, Yaksha, Acala, Lokapala, Ayyanar, Annamar, Sasta, Elu Kanniyar, Kanakampikai Amman, Kannaki Amman, Vairavar, Kattavarayan, Naccimar, Ampal, Naka Tampiran, Periyatampiran, Valliyakkan, Varunan, Virumar, Ilanthari, Narayana, Bhuvaneshwari, Rajarajeshwari, Muruga, Sekhmet, Anat, Vishnu, Vetala, Pishacha, Shmashana Adhipati, Bhairavi, Brahmarakshasha, Mahavidyas, Madhu-Kaitabha, Mahākāla, Kalasankarshini, Guhyakali, Śiva, Nāgas, Vayu, Vajreśvarī, Shumbha-Nisumbha, Narasimhi, Andhakasura, Palden Lhamo, Kauśikī, Nārada, Mohini, Irāvān, Ulupi, Chandra, Akhilandeswari, Mahadevi, Ganesha, Kārtikeya, Sarasvati, Gauri, Ambika, Aditi, Uma-Haimavati, Rudrani, Sati-Parvati, Nirriti, Kama, Meenakshi, Kamakshi, Annapurna, Kshethra Balaka, Rudra Savarni Manu, Sita, devi, Radha, Bhairavas, Saraswati, Vishnu, Brahma, Yellama, Ardhanari, Matangi, Raktabija, Bhadrakali, Mahishasuramardini, Katyayini Durga, Vindhyavasini, Yogmaya, Maheshwari, Vaishnavi, Andreye, Kalika, Mangal Chandi, Sankat Mangal Chandi, Rana Chandi, Olai Chandi, Lakshmi, Shumbha, Nishumbha, Matrikas, Mahishasura, Mahakali, Durgamasura, Gayatri, Sadasiva, Satis, Parvati, Dhumavati, Shmashana Kali, Ratri, Ratridevi, Durga, Chanda, Munda, Chandamari, Durgasur, Jörmungandr, Fenrir, Hanuman, Krishna, Our Lady, Ra, Sūrya, Indra, Loki
parent of
Jaya-Vijaya, Kalaratri
serves
Śiva
consort of
Śiva, Kala
sibling of
Durga, Jagatdhatri
created by
Chandi

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Sources

Source passages

“Virupaksha is also called kali because his full emergence will end the Kali Yuga.”

#3808 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Kali: Hindu goddess of destruction, time, and death; daughter of Shiva; high priestess of the Thuggees”

#46012 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free