Durukti
{{Short description|Wife of the asura Kali in Hindu mythology}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Hindu
| name = Durukti
| image =
| caption = Durukti is the offensive harsh speech personified as the daughter of Krodha (rage) and Hińsā (violence) and the wife of Kali
| deity_of = CalumnyMonier-Williams, Monier. [https://books.google.com/books?id=j2j7AgAAQBAJ&dq=durukti&pg=PA261 Sanskrit-English dictionary]. Рипол Классик, 1970. pg 261.
| Devanagari = दुरुक्ति
| Sanskrit_transliteration = Durukti
| affiliation = Asura
| texts = Kalki PuranaChaturvedi, B.K. [https://books.google.com/books?id=yjPXRCCUvk4C&pg=PP1 Kalki Purana]. New Delhi: Diamond Books, 2006 ({{ISBN|81-288-0588-6}})
Bhagavata Purana[http://bhagavata.org/canto4/chapter8.html bhagavata.org]. Canto 4: Chapter 8: 3,4. Retrieved 5 September 2017
| children = Bhaya (fear) (son)
Mrutyu (death) (daughter)
| father = Krodha (anger)
| mother = Himsa (violence)
| siblings = Kali
}}
Durukti ({{Langx|sa|दुरुक्ति|translit=Durukti}}) is the sister and wife of the asura Kali in Hindu mythology.{{Cite book |last1=Shastri |first1=J. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GW_sDwAAQBAJ&dq=Durukti+Kali&pg=PA469 |title=The Bhagavata Purana Part 2: Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 8 |last2=Bhatt |first2=Dr G. P. |date=2004-01-01 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-3875-8 |pages=469 |language=en}}
Etymology
Durukti is derived from the Sanskrit roots दुर् (dur): "bad" and उक्ति (ukti): "speech"; lit. bad or offensive speech.Apte, Vasudeo Govind. [https://books.google.com/books?id=vs70x7gawoEC&pg=PP1 The Concise Sanskrit-English Dictionary]. Bombay: Motilal Banarsidass, Second Revised Edition: 1933. ({{ISBN|978-81-208-0152-3}})
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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References
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Sources
- [https://archive.org/details/KalkiPuranaSanskrit1890 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.
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=PkW6hs1OjyEC&dq=durukti&pg=PA125 The Penguin Book of Hindu Names], by Maneka Gandhi, pg 125. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=CmrJwQoPcsgC&dq=durukti&pg=PA796 Sinhalese English Dictionary], by B. Clough, pg 796. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170905193210/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1130211/jsp/entertainment/story_16547449.jsp Book]. The Telegraph (Calcutta). 11 February 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2017.