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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1841

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.1841

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### [v1.c12.1841](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1841)

4. Kāḷi.—A Māra-woman, sister of Dūsī (q.v.) and mother of the Māra of the present age (Vasavatti ?).¹ 5. Kāḷi.—A crematrix (\*chavadāhikā\*) of Sāvatthi. Seeing Mahākāla meditating in the cemetery, she cut off from a recently cremated body its thighs and arms, and making of them a sort of milk bowl, placed it near where the Thera sat.¹

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