
''This article is about the Hindu goddess. Kali is also a martial art. See Eskrima.'' Kali is a destructive and creative aspect of God as the Divine Mother in Hinduism. Kali is the fierce aspect of Devi, God's energy, i.e., Shakti or God as the Divine Mother, who is fundamental to all other Hindu deities. The continuous, ongoing work of Creation is described as "the play of Kali". Kali is considered to be the destroyer of evil spirits and the preserver of devotees. She is the consort of Shiva. Her name seems to be a female version of the word 'kala' (Sanskrit for 'time' or 'dark'); it also means Black Female, in contrast to her consort, Shiva, who is white; and Kali is the common name for Energy in her form as Shiva's wife, or Shakti. Many people also believe her to be the same as Durga, even though this is not true as Durga is the terrible aspect of Devi, not the Shakti of Shiva. Other names are: Bhowani Devi, Sati, Rudrani, Parvati, Chinnamastika, Kamakshi, Uma, Menakshi, Himavati, Kumari. These names, if repeated, are believed to give special power to the worshipper. Skulls, cemeteries, and blood are associated with her worship. She is black and emaciated. Her face is azure, streaked with yellow, her glance is ferocious; her disheveled and bristly hair is usually shown splayed and spread like the tail of a peacock and sometimes braided with green serpents. She wears a long necklace (descending almost to her knees) of human skulls. She may be shown wearing a girdle of severed arms. Children's corpses as earrings (likeliest representing natural infant mortality and childhood mortality from causes such as disease), and cobras as bracelets or garlands add to her terrifying adornments. Her purple lips are often shown streaming with blood; her tusk-like teeth descend over her lower lip; and her tongue lolls out. She is often shown standing on the inert form of her consort, Shiva. She is sometimes accompanied by she-demons. Her four arms hold weapons or the severed head of a demon: these objects symbolize both her creative and her destructive power, for Kali personifies the ambivalence of deity, which manifests itself, according to India tradition, in the unceasing cycle of life and death, creation and destruction. Some of her greatest 'bhaktas' (loving devotees) are to be found in the West Bengal, South India and Kashmir traditions. Best known is the saint Shri Ramakrishna. A vast poetic tradition evolved around Kali as a loving albeit often unpredicatble mother, of infinite tenderness to her devotees. Among these greats of the Bengali literature on Kali are Ramprasad Sen. Some of her biggest temples are to be found in the North-East of India, in particular in Kolkata, West Bengal: Kalighat and Dakshineshwar, and in the equally famed Kamakhya in Assam. Her poor reputation in the West came from the cult of the Thuggee, Hindus and Muslims who took the goddess Kali as their deity. They robbed and murdered travellers as sacrifices to Kali and were broken up by the British. The common English word thug is derived from this. For her tantra worshippers, it was essential to face her Curse, the terror of death, as willingly as they accepted Blessings from her beautiful, nurturing, maternal aspect. For them, wisdom meant learning that no coin has only one side: as death cannot exist without life, so life cannot exist without death. ==See also== * Saint Sarah, also called "Sara-la-Kali" ==External links== * [http://www.rudraksha-ratna.com/dasmahavidya_mantra1.php Dasmahavidya Mantra Jap - Mahakali] Hindu goddesses
"Her poor reputation in the West came from the cult of the :Thuggee, Muslims who took the goddess Kali as their deity." What??? ----- I don't know how much it is responsible for the Western image of Kali, but the thugees did exist. The thugee (from which we get the word 'thug') were a secretive Hindu religious group active around Calcutta, who murdered people, until the British destroyed them. But (AFAIK) they definitely weren't Muslims -- they were Hindus. -- :SJK ---- I've found a few websites saying they were Muslims. But by everything I know, if they took Kali as their deity, they weren't Muslims. ----- Although Kali is standing on an inert Shiva (her husband), he is not dead, just inert. And the severed head she's holding is that of a demon, not Shiva's. If there are any sites that talk about Shiva's corpse or Shiva's severed head, let me know. (I haven't edited any pages as I'm a new user. I just went through the Talkpages rules which say never to edit another user's words.)
User:Jay 21:45 5 Jul 2003 (UTC) ---- The author of the original text has not commented even after 1 month of my queries. Hence I have made the updations.
User:Jay 11:26, 10 Aug 2003 (UTC) ---- Kali-ma seems to be a stub, should it be a redirection page to Kali? -- User:Logotu 20:31, 19 Nov 2003 (UTC) :ya, merge and redirect. User:Jay 06:27, 22 Nov 2003 (UTC)
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Kali
''This article is about the Hindu goddess. Kali is also a martial art. See Eskrima.'' Kali is a destructive and creative aspect of God as the Divine Mother in Hinduism. Kali is the fierce aspect of Devi, God's energy, i.e., Shakti or God as the Divine Mother, who is fundamental to all other Hindu deities. The continuous, ongoing work of Creation is described as "the play of Kali". Kali is considered to be the destroyer of evil spirits and the preserver of devotees. She is the consort of Shiva. Her name seems to be a female version of the word 'kala' (Sanskrit for 'time' or 'dark'); it also means Black Female, in contrast to her consort, Shiva, who is white; and Kali is the common name for Energy in her form as Shiva's wife, or Shakti. Many people also believe her to be the same as Durga, even though this is not true as Durga is the terrible aspect of Devi, not the Shakti of Shiva. Other names are: Bhowani Devi, Sati, Rudrani, Parvati, Chinnamastika, Kamakshi, Uma, Menakshi, Himavati, Kumari. These names, if repeated, are believed to give special power to the worshipper. Skulls, cemeteries, and blood are associated with her worship. She is black and emaciated. Her face is azure, streaked with yellow, her glance is ferocious; her disheveled and bristly hair is usually shown splayed and spread like the tail of a peacock and sometimes braided with green serpents. She wears a long necklace (descending almost to her knees) of human skulls. She may be shown wearing a girdle of severed arms. Children's corpses as earrings (likeliest representing natural infant mortality and childhood mortality from causes such as disease), and cobras as bracelets or garlands add to her terrifying adornments. Her purple lips are often shown streaming with blood; her tusk-like teeth descend over her lower lip; and her tongue lolls out. She is often shown standing on the inert form of her consort, Shiva. She is sometimes accompanied by she-demons. Her four arms hold weapons or the severed head of a demon: these objects symbolize both her creative and her destructive power, for Kali personifies the ambivalence of deity, which manifests itself, according to India tradition, in the unceasing cycle of life and death, creation and destruction. Some of her greatest 'bhaktas' (loving devotees) are to be found in the West Bengal, South India and Kashmir traditions. Best known is the saint Shri Ramakrishna. A vast poetic tradition evolved around Kali as a loving albeit often unpredicatble mother, of infinite tenderness to her devotees. Among these greats of the Bengali literature on Kali are Ramprasad Sen. Some of her biggest temples are to be found in the North-East of India, in particular in Kolkata, West Bengal: Kalighat and Dakshineshwar, and in the equally famed Kamakhya in Assam. Her poor reputation in the West came from the cult of the Thuggee, Hindus and Muslims who took the goddess Kali as their deity. They robbed and murdered travellers as sacrifices to Kali and were broken up by the British. The common English word thug is derived from this. For her tantra worshippers, it was essential to face her Curse, the terror of death, as willingly as they accepted Blessings from her beautiful, nurturing, maternal aspect. For them, wisdom meant learning that no coin has only one side: as death cannot exist without life, so life cannot exist without death. ==See also== * Saint Sarah, also called "Sara-la-Kali" ==External links== * [http://www.rudraksha-ratna.com/dasmahavidya_mantra1.php Dasmahavidya Mantra Jap - Mahakali] Hindu goddesses
Kali
"Her poor reputation in the West came from the cult of the :Thuggee, Muslims who took the goddess Kali as their deity." What??? ----- I don't know how much it is responsible for the Western image of Kali, but the thugees did exist. The thugee (from which we get the word 'thug') were a secretive Hindu religious group active around Calcutta, who murdered people, until the British destroyed them. But (AFAIK) they definitely weren't Muslims -- they were Hindus. -- :SJK ---- I've found a few websites saying they were Muslims. But by everything I know, if they took Kali as their deity, they weren't Muslims. ----- Although Kali is standing on an inert Shiva (her husband), he is not dead, just inert. And the severed head she's holding is that of a demon, not Shiva's. If there are any sites that talk about Shiva's corpse or Shiva's severed head, let me know. (I haven't edited any pages as I'm a new user. I just went through the Talkpages rules which say never to edit another user's words.)
User:Jay 21:45 5 Jul 2003 (UTC) ---- The author of the original text has not commented even after 1 month of my queries. Hence I have made the updations.
User:Jay 11:26, 10 Aug 2003 (UTC) ---- Kali-ma seems to be a stub, should it be a redirection page to Kali? -- User:Logotu 20:31, 19 Nov 2003 (UTC) :ya, merge and redirect. User:Jay 06:27, 22 Nov 2003 (UTC)
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Kalichan
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KalikoKat
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Kalikomo
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Kalilag_and_Damnag
Kalila_wa_Dimna
Kalilkwok
Kalil_Bachir
Kalimac
Kalimán
Kalimantaan
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Kalimantan_Barat
Kalimantan_Selatan
Kalimantan_Tengah
Kalimantan_Timur
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Kalimba
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Kalimdor
Kalimera
Kalimera_Ellada
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Kalimpang
Kalimpong
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Kalimpong
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