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Durukti (Sanskrit: दुरुक्ति, romanized: Durukti) is the sister and wife of the asura Kali in Hindu mythology.
Etymology
Durukti is derived from the Sanskrit roots दुर् (dur): "bad" and उक्ति (ukti): "speech"; lit. bad or offensive speech.
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).
According to the Kalki Purana, Durukti dies shortly before Kali.
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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.
