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Durukti

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Short description: Wife of the asura Kali in Hindu mythology
Durukti
Calumny[1]
AffiliationAsura
TextsKalki Purana[2]
Bhagavata Purana[3]
Personal information
Parents
  • Krodha (anger) (father)
  • Himsa (violence) (mother)
SiblingsKali
ChildrenBhaya (fear) (son)
Mrutyu (death) (daughter)

Durukti (Sanskrit: दुरुक्ति, romanized: Durukti) is the sister and wife of the asura Kali in Hindu mythology.[4]

Etymology

Durukti is derived from the Sanskrit roots दुर् (dur): "bad" and उक्ति (ukti): "speech"; lit. bad or offensive speech.[5]

Legend

Durukti is the daughter of Krodha (anger) and Himsa (violence). She begets a son named Bhaya (fear) and a daughter named Mrutyu (death). She is also the grandmother of a boy named Niraya (hell) and a girl named Yatana (torture) begotten by her children Bhaya and Mrutyu. Durukti and Kali belong to the lineage of Adharma (impropriety), who grows up from the Malinapataka, a deadly dark and sinful affliction produced from Brahma's back at the time of creation. Durukti is the granddaughter of Lobha (greed) and Nikriti (dishonesty), great-granddaughter of Dambha (vanity) and Maya (illusion), and great-great-granddaughter of Adharma and Mithya (falsehood).[2]

According to the Kalki Purana, Durukti dies shortly before Kali.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Monier-Williams, Monier. Sanskrit-English dictionary. Рипол Классик, 1970. pg 261.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chaturvedi, B.K. Kalki Purana. New Delhi: Diamond Books, 2006 (ISBN 81-288-0588-6)
  3. ↑ bhagavata.org. Canto 4: Chapter 8: 3,4. Retrieved 5 September 2017
  4. ↑ Shastri, J. L.; Bhatt, Dr G. P. (2004-01-01) (in en). The Bhagavata Purana Part 2: Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 8. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 469. ISBN 978-81-208-3875-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=GW_sDwAAQBAJ&dq=Durukti+Kali&pg=PA469. 
  5. ↑ Apte, Vasudeo Govind. The Concise Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Bombay: Motilal Banarsidass, Second Revised Edition: 1933. (ISBN 978-81-208-0152-3)

Sources

  • Kalki Purana of Sri Veda Vyasa (Sanskrit), edited and published by Sri Jibananda Vidyasagara Bhattacharya at Narayana Press (Calcutta) in 1890, Section 1: Chapter 1 & Section 3: Chapter 7. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  • The Penguin Book of Hindu Names, by Maneka Gandhi, pg 125. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  • Sinhalese English Dictionary, by B. Clough, pg 796. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  • Book. The Telegraph (Calcutta). 11 February 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2017.



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