Kali

Kali

Kali is a name used for more than one being or thing in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Devatās

• Kali Deva: the being who presides over the Kali Yuga, who fled Bali’s rule of dharma to Brahmā. Mahābhārata, Strī Parva, Chapter 8; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Canto 1; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 49

Things and ideas

• Kali Yuga: the last and darkest of the four yugas, the present age. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 230–231; Vishṇu Purāṇa, Part 6, Chapters 1–2; Narasiṃha Purāṇa, Chapter 54; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 30, 48–49, 52, 62; Vāmana Purāṇa, Saro Māhātmya, Chapters 1, 13, 19, 24, 28