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Kali (/ ˈkɑːliː /; Sanskrit: काली, IAST: Kālī), also called Kalika, is a major goddess in Hinduism, primarily associated with time, death and destruction. The origins of Kali can be traced to the pre-Vedic and Vedic era Goddess worship traditions in Ancient India. [1]
Bhadrakali (IAST: Bhadrakālī; lit. 'auspicious Kali'[2]) is a Hindu goddess. She is considered to be the auspicious and fortunate form of Adi Shakti who protects the good, known as Bhadra. [3] In Vaishnavism, Bhadrakali is among the many epithets of Yogamaya, the internal potency of illusion of the preserver deity, Vishnu. [4]
Kali Puja (ISO: Kālī Pūjā), also known as Shyama Puja or Mahanisha Puja, [1] is a festival originating from the Indian subcontinent, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali.It is celebrated on the new moon day (Dipannita Amavasya) of the Hindu calendar month of Ashwayuja (according to the amanta tradition) or Kartika (according to the purnimanta tradition).
A primitive form of Durga, according to Chanda, was the result of "syncretism of a mountain-goddess worshipped by the dwellers of the Himalaya and the Vindhyas", a deity of the Abhiras conceptualised as a war-goddess. Durga then transformed into Kali as the personification of the all-destroying time, while aspects of her emerged as the ...
Thomas Coburn The Devi Mahatmya consists of chapters 81–93 of the Mārkandeya Purana, one of the early Sanskrit Puranas, where the sage Markandeya is narrating a story about Savarni Manu, or the eighth Manu. The thirteen chapters of Devi Mahatmya are divided into three unequal parts. The framing narrative of Devi Mahatmya presents a dispossessed king Suratha, who has lost his kingdom and a ...
Mahakali (Sanskrit: महाकाली, romanized: Mahākālī) is the Hindu goddess of time and death in the goddess-centric tradition of Shaktism. She is also known as the supreme being in various Tantras and Puranas. Similar to Kali, Mahakali is a fierce goddess associated with universal power, time, life, death, and both rebirth and ...
Kamakhya (Sanskrit: कामाख्या, romanized: Kāmākhyā), a mother goddess, [1] is a Shakta Tantric deity; considered to be the embodiment of Kama (desire), she is regarded as the goddess of desire. [2] Her abode– Kamakhya Temple is located in the Kamarupa region of Assam, India. [3][4] Originally a Kirata goddess, Residing on ...
e. Dhumavati (Sanskrit: धूमावती, Dhūmāvatī, literally "the smoky one") is one of the Mahavidyas, a group of ten Hindu Tantric goddesses. Dhumavati represents the fearsome aspect of Mahadevi, the supreme goddess in Hindu traditions such as Shaktism. She is often portrayed as an old, ugly widow, and is associated with things ...