Kali (demon)

Kali
Kali (right) wielding a sword
Devanagari	कलि
Sanskrit transliteration	Kali
Tamil script	காலி
Affiliation	Demon god of all evil source, personification of Adharma and archenemy of Vishnu (as Kalki)
Abode	Kali Yuga (gambling places, taverns, prostitution, slaughter and gold)
Planet	Earth
Weapon	Sword
Consort	Durukti (sister-turned-wife)
Mount	Donkey

In Hinduism, Kali (Devanāgari: कलि, IAST: kali, with both vowels short; from a root kad, "suffer, grieve, hurt; confound, confuse") is the reigning lord of Kali Yuga and archenemy of Kalki, the 10th and final Avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu. In the Kalki Purana, he is portrayed as a demon and the source of all evil. In the Mahabharata, he was a gandharva who possessed Nala, forcing him to lose his Kingdom in a game of dice to his brother Pushkara. His most famous incarnations are Ravana and Duryodhana. Kali is similar to the demon Kroni and his incarnation Kaliyan of Ayyavazhi mythology.

According to the Mahabharata, the gandharva Kali became jealous when he was late to Princess Damayanti's marriage ceremony and discovered she had overlooked the deities Indra, Agni, Varuna, and Yama (and ultimately himself) to choose Nala as her husband. In anger, Kali spoke to his companion Dvapara, the personification of Dvapara Yuga: