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kali
Part of speech: NounA plant, the ashes of which are used in making glass; caustic potash of the Ger. chemists.
Usage examples "kali":- The faith of further India takes form and colour from the idiosyncracy of Java, and the goddess Parvati, or Kali, worshipped under these different names according to her attributes of glory or terror, becomes Lora Jonggran, the benignant goddess of Java, popularly known as " the maiden of the beauteous form." - "Through the Malay Archipelago", Emily Richings.
- I looked for sahib everywhere, where English prisoners are; and when I came to Anar Kali just at the moment that Mrs. Irwin was being driven away in a carriage, I knew that I was at length on the track of my master. - "The Coming Conquest of England", August Niemann.
- If only women could be set free from the artificial fetters put round them by men, we could see on earth the living image of Kali, the shameless, pitiless goddess. - "The Home and the World", Rabindranath Tagore.