Kl(/kli/;Sanskrit:,IPA:[kli]), also known asKlik(Sanskrit:), is theHindugoddessassociated with empowerment, orshakti. She is the fierce aspect of the goddessDurga (Parvati).[1]The name Kali comes fromkla, which means black, time, death, lord of death:Shiva. Since Shiva is calledKla the eternal time the name of Kl, his consort, also means "Time" or "Death" (as in "time has come"). Hence, Kli is the Goddess of Time, Change, Power and Destruction. Although sometimes presented as dark and violent, her earliest incarnation as a figure of annihilation of evil forces still has some influence. VariousShaktaHindu cosmologies, as well as ShktaTantricbeliefs, worship