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| Published: September 30, 2023

‘Kali, the Asura’: The Human-like Manifestation of the Non- Human

Somya Sharma

School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University of Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.425.20231103

DOI: 10.25215/1103.425

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Kali is considered to be the biggest antagonist in Hindu mythology that will bring darkness and will take the Kali-yuga cycle to its peak. Kali, is seen as a metaphor for everything that humanness stands against for and what generally, people regard as absence of humaneness. Thus, this paper focuses on the figure of kali, the Asura as a metaphor of the non-human, its popular understanding, the history of its birth and understanding of what it means in a religio- cultural context. Gradually the paper discusses what we call a human and what depravity or additions make them non-humans, in context of modern day references and relate them to present day thinkers.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.425.20231103

10.25215/1103.425

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Published in   Volume 11, Issue 3, July-September, 2023