Durukti
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| Durukti | |
|---|---|
| Devanagari | दुरुक्ति |
| Sanskrit transliteration | Durukti |
| Affiliation | Asura |
| Texts | Kalki Purana[2] Bhagavata Purana[3] |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents |
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| Siblings | Kali |
| Children | Bhaya (fear) (son) Mrutyu (death) (daughter) |
Durukti (Sanskrit: दुरुक्ति, romanized: Durukti) is the sister and wife of the asura Kali in Hindu mythology.[4]
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).[2]
According to the Kalki Purana, Durukti dies shortly before Kali.[2]
Television
| Television serial | Played by | |
|---|---|---|
| Namah Lakshmi Narayan | Sara Khan as Kali's wife |
