Kali Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Etymology== Kālī is the feminine form of Kāla (an epithet of [[Shiva]]) and thus the consort of Shiva.<ref name="McDermott2001">{{cite book |last1=McDermott |first1=Rachel Fell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FeMX2g8lqkAC&pg=PA175 |title=Singing to the Goddess: Poems to Kali and Uma from Bengal |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2001 |isbn=978-0198030706}} </ref> The homonym ''{{IAST|[[Kāla (time)|kālá]]}}'' (time) is distinct from ''kāla'' (black), but these became associated through [[popular etymology]]. She is called Kali Mata ("the dark mother") and also ''kālī'' which can be read here either as a [[proper name]] or as a description "the dark or black one".<ref name="Coburn111-112">{{cite book|last1=Coburn|first1=Thomas|title=Devī-Māhātmya – Crystallization of the Goddess Tradition|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi|year=1984|isbn=978-81-208-0557-6}} </ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page