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India Revisited

Arnold, Edwin — 1886

Book · English · Open access

The Light of Asia poet's travel book, including a visit to Kalighat.

Source: University of Toronto copy, via Internet Archive

Original source or repository

Indian Kalighat Paintings

Deepak Sarma — 2011

Article · English · Open access

This essay introduces Kalighat painting through religious pilgrimage, popular imagery, and the social world of colonial Kolkata. It discusses how the painters’ subjects moved between divine figures and satire of human behavior. The article offers an interpretive setting for the museum’s Kali paintings and helps prevent their treatment as isolated illustrations. Its magazine issue date is July–Augu

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art

Original source or repository

Interpreting Kali’s Complexities

Elisabeth Hinshelwood — 2024

Reference · English · Open access

A single-page undergraduate research poster presenting different interpretations of Kali and the tensions among them. Its compact format connects the goddess’s complexity with questions of symbolism and interpretation, and includes a bibliography for further reading. The entire poster is available from the university repository. This is useful as an introductory orientation and as evidence of cont

Source: University of Victoria

Original source or repository

Introduction to Kurukullā

Stefan Mang — 2025-07-11

Reference · English · Open access

An introduction to Kurukulla’s place in Buddhist textual and ritual traditions, with references to Sanskrit and Tibetan materials and a bibliography for further study. It explains her iconography and relations to the lotus family and Tara. This belongs in a comparative name-context section because Kurukulla occurs in KaliDevotion.com’s name list. The shared name alone does not establish that a Bud

Source: Lotsawa House

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Is Kali Terrible? Goddess Kali’s Symbolism

Swami Chetanananda — 1996

Article · English · Open access

Explains Kali’s theological relation to Brahman and the symbolism of her name, complexion, tongue, heads, arms, nakedness, Shiva, and Dakshina/Vama forms.

Source: Kali Mandir Puja Program, 1996; republished in its official archive

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Kakārādi Kālī Sahasranāma Stotram

Anonymous; traditional Śiva–Devī dialogue — n.d. [online edition]

Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access

An extensive thousand-name litany that organizes Kālī’s epithets around the consonant k. Narrative framing connects the Goddess with creation, knowledge, and accomplishment; the surrounding instructions situate the names in a Kaula ritual world. Its large concluding section elaborates recitation, worship, and promised results. The alternate title stresses sovereignty of understanding, making this

Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project

Original source or repository

Kakārādi Kālīśatanāma Stotram 1

Anonymous; Śiva–Pārvatī dialogue — n.d. [online edition]

Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access

A metrical litany of Kālī names beginning with the consonant k, introduced through a dialogue between Śiva and Pārvatī. The opening names Karālavadanā, Kālī, Kāminī, Kamalā, and Kalā identify a sequence different from the list displayed on KaliDevotion.com. Its concluding verses concern the merits and ritual setting of recitation. The text supplies an important comparison for distinguishing relate

Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project

Original source or repository

Kākinī Aṣṭottarasahasranāma Stotra

Traditional; Rudrayāmala-associated textual tradition — undated; digital edition

Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access

Full Kākinī thousand-name praise, accompanied by liturgical introduction and concluding material. It invokes Kālī and Kālarātrī and bears on the Kākinī epithet in the 108-name list; this is different from the Kākinī Kavaca and short Stotra already cataloged.

Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project

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Kākinī Kavacam (closing attribution Śākinī)

Anonymous; Bhairava–Bhairavī dialogue — n.d. [online edition]

Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access

This fifty-verse protective text belongs to the Rudrayāmala's yoginī and subtle-body ritual material. It invokes divine names and mantra syllables to protect the body and describes benefits of recitation. The transmitted heading identifies Kākinī, but the conclusion names Śākinī, an inconsistency that should remain visible to readers. It is useful as a comparative witness for the Kākinī name in th

Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project

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Kalam Pattu

Kurup, Rama — Date not recorded

Audio · Not specified · Metadata only

From Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography, Sources for Chapters 1–18. Section: Institutional, Archival, and Web Sources.

Source: Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography

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