# दुरुक्ति (durukti)

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दुरुक्ति (durukti) is a Sanskrit word meaning harsh or injurious speech, harsh or abusive language, offensive speech, reproach, born of Krodha and Himsa, and the sister and wife of Kali. Its 4 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Negative or Harmful Speech, Mythological Personification.

- **SLP1:** `durukti`  **IAST:** durukti  **Devanagari:** दुरुक्ति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durukti
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/durukti/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Negative or Harmful Speech (3 definitions)
- harsh or injurious speech  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 485,1] दुर् (dur) — उक्ति (—ukti) f. harsh or injurious speech (personified as a daughter of Krodha and Hiṃsā and sister and wife of Kali), BhP. [ ID=93841 ]
- offensive speech, reproach  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दुरुक्ति (durukti) [Printed book page 335-20 ] दुर् - उक्ति (dur-ukti) f. offensive speech, reproach. [ ID=17105.1 ]
- harsh or abusive language  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दुरुक्ति (durukti) [Printed book page 229 ] दुरुक्ति (durukti) f. = prec. n. [ ID=13948 ]

### Mythological Personification (1 definition)
- born of Krodha and Himsa, and the sister and wife of Kali  
  *The Purana Index*
  > दुरुक्ति (durukti) [Printed book page 2-099 ] Durukti — born of Krodha and Himsā; sister and also wife of Kali. Bhā. IV. 8. 3-4. [ ID=6064 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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