Kali (demon)

Kali
Personification of Adharma
Poster of Kali fighting Kalki
Devanagariकलि/कली
Sanskrit transliterationKali
Affiliationdemon Adharm
AbodeNaraka
Genealogy
Parents
SiblingsDurukti
ConsortAlakshmi
ChildrenBhaya
Mrityu
Dumvishnu
Niraswati
Vishbrahma

In Hinduism, Kali (Devanāgari: कलि, IAST: Kali, with both vowels short; from a root kad, 'suffer, hurt, startle, confuse') is the being who reigns during the age of the Kali Yuga and acts as the nemesis of Kalki, the tenth and final avatar of the Hindu preserver deity, Vishnu.