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There are 14 total results for your Kali search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

哥利

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gē lì
    ge1 li4
ko li
 Kari
Kali

哥王

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gē wáng
    ge1 wang2
ko wang
 Kaō
(哥利王) cf. 迦.

惡生


恶生

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è shēng
    e4 sheng1
o sheng
 Akushō
Kali

歌利

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gē lì
    ge1 li4
ko li
 kari
Kali, the present evil age.

羯利

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jié lì
    jie2 li4
chieh li
 katsuri
Kali

迦利

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jiā lì
    jia1 li4
chia li
 Kari
Kali, strife, striver; ill-born; also 迦梨; 迦棃; 迦藍浮; 迦羅富; 迦陵伽王; 哥利 (or 歌利); 羯利 Kalirāja, Kalingarāja, a king of Magadha noted for his violence; it is said that in a former incarnation he cut off the ears, nose, and hands of the Buddha, who bore it all unmoved; cf. Nirvāṇa sūtra, 31.

迦梨

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jiā lí
    jia1 li2
chia li
 Kari
Kali

迦棃

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jiā lí
    jia1 li2
chia li
 kari
Kali

カリ川

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 karigawa
    カリがわ
(place-name) Kali (river)

大黑天

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dà hēi tiān
    da4 hei1 tian1
ta hei t`ien
    ta hei tien
 Daikoku ten
Mahākāla 摩訶迦 (or 謌) 羅 the great black deva 大黑神. Two interpretations are given. The esoteric cult describes the deva as the masculine form of Kālī, i.e. Durgā, the wife of Śiva; with one face and eight arms, or three faces and six arms, a necklace of skulls, etc. He is worshipped as giving warlike power, and fierceness; said also to be an incarnation of Vairocana for the purpose of destroying the demons; and is described as 大時 the "great time" (-keeper) which seems to indicate Vairocana, the sun. The exoteric cult interprets him as a beneficent deva, a Pluto, or god of wealth. Consequently he is represented in two forms, by the one school as a fierce deva, by the other as a kindly happy deva. He is shown as one of the eight fierce guardians with trident, generally blue-black but sometimes white; he may have two elephants underfoot. Six arms and hands hold jewel, skull cup, chopper, drum, trident, elephant-goad. He is the tutelary god of Mongolian Buddhism. Six forms of Mahākāla are noted: (1) 比丘大黑 A black-faced disciple of the Buddha, said to be the Buddha as Mahādeva in a previous incarnation, now guardian of the refectory. (2) 摩訶迦羅大黑女 Kālī, the wife of Śiva. (3) 王子迦羅大黑 The son of Śiva. (4) 眞陀大黑 Cintāmaṇi, with the talismanic pearl, symbol of bestowing fortune. (5) 夜叉大黑 Subduer of demons. (6) 摩迦羅大黑 Mahākāla, who carries a bag on his back and holds a hammer in his right hand. J., Daikoku; M., Yeke-gara; T., Nag-po c'en-po.

羯利王

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jié lì wáng
    jie2 li4 wang2
chieh li wang
 Kariō
Kalirāja, a former incarnation of Kauṇḍinya, when as king he cut off the hands and feet of Kṣānti-ṛṣi because his concubines had strayed to the hermit's hut. Converted by the hermit's indifference, it was predicted that he would become a disciple of Buddha.

迦藍浮


迦蓝浮

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jiā lán fú
    jia1 lan2 fu2
chia lan fu
 Karanbu
Kali

カリガンダク川

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 karigandakugawa
    カリガンダクがわ
(place-name) Kali Gandak (river)

加里(ateji)

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 kari
    カリ
(1) (kana only) (abbreviation) (See カリウム) potassium (dut: kali); (2) (colloquialism) (kana only) (See 炭酸カリウム) potash; potassium carbonate

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 14 results for "Kali" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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