Dūruktī

By Jit Majumdar

1. harsh speech; ignoble speech; false or damaging speech
2. harsh speech personified as the daughter of Krodha (rage) and Hińsā (violence) and the wife of Kali, the demon personifying the age of darkness and vice (Bg. Pur.).

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