Durukti

{{Infobox deity | type = Hindu | name = Durukti ( Wife of Satan ) | image = | caption = Durukti is the offensive harsh speech personified as the daughter of Krodha (rage) and Hińsā (violence) and the wife of Kali (demon) | deity_of = Calumny[1] | Devanagari = दुरुक्ति | Sanskrit_transliteration = Durukti | affiliation = Deva Planet Brihaspati ( Jupiter) | texts = Kalki Purana[2]
Bhagavata Purana[3] | children = Bhaya ( Courage) (son)
Mrutyu ( Cause of death) (daughter) | father = Krodha (anger) | mother = (violence) | siblings = [[(demon)]

Wife of the asura Kali in Hindu mythology

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

## Etymology[edit]

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

## Legend[edit]

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[edit]

1. ^ Monier-Williams, Monier. Sanskrit-English dictionary. Рипол Классик, 1970. pg 261.
2. ^ a b c 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). The Bhagavata Purana Part 2: Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 8. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 469\. ISBN 978-81-208-3875-8.
5. ^ Apte, Vasudeo Govind. The Concise Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Bombay: Motilal Banarsidass, Second Revised Edition: 1933. (ISBN 978-81-208-0152-3)

## Sources[edit]

* 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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