Maidservant of Vedehikā of Sāvatthi. Vedehikā was reputed to be gentle and meek, but Kāḷī, who was a bright girl and a good worker, thought she would test her mistress. One day she rose late and, on being reproved, spoke very lightly of her fault. Finding that Vedehikā lost her temper, Kāḷī repeated her offence several times, until one day her mistress struck her with a lynch-pin, drawing blood from her head. Kāḷī ran out and roused the neighbourhood with her shrieks. Vedehikā’s reputation for meekness was no more. The story is related in the Kakacūpama Sutta. M.i.125 f.