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Raja Devanandana Singh (compiler) — 1892; 1892 edition stated in the text (Vikrama Samvat 1949); digital transcription 2009. Later reprint date not established.
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
A substantial worship manual arranged around the Mahavidyas and other deities. Its opening Kali section includes visualization, mantra, extended and concise worship procedures, hymns and protective texts. Count the compilation once, rather than its many constituent liturgies.
Source: Shri Venkateshvara Press, Bombay; Muktabodha transcription
Original source or repository
Brahmānandagiri; Pañcānana Śāstrī (editor) — 2008 digital transcription; underlying composition/edition date not established
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
An extensive Shakta treatise with material on Kali, Shyama and Guhyakali, initiation, worship, mantra and recitation. It offers the larger doctrinal and ritual setting around individual Kali liturgies.
Source: Muktabodha Indological Research Institute
Original source or repository
Brenda Dobia — 2008
Thesis · English · Open access
An extensive doctoral study of a women’s pilgrimage to Kāmākhyā that brings religious experience, questions of power and desire, and the politics of interpretation into conversation. Dobia examines encounters with the goddess and the temple through the situated experience of pilgrims, rather than assuming that a goddess-centered tradition has one obvious significance for women. The work offers sub
Source: University of Western Sydney
Original source or repository
Krishna Sastri, H. — 1916
Book · English · Open access
Archaeologist's iconographic survey of Kali, Mahakali and the Shakti goddesses.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repository
Benoytosh Bhattacharyya (editor) — 1941
Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access
The complete Kali division of the Shaktisangama Tantra, covering Kali theology and ritual over 21 chapters. This is an entire separately edited division; it should not be described as the complete multi-division Shaktisangama Tantra.
Source: Muktabodha Indological Research Institute
Original source or repository
Thakur, Ripunjay Kumar — Date not established
Article · English · Open access
Study of the growth of Shakta worship in early medieval Mithila.
Source: Internet Archive
Original source or repository
Uday Ranjan Das — 2026
Article · English · Open access
Discusses Shakta material and regional shrines in Odisha, including local Kali/Bhadrakali religious heritage. Use as regional context, not as a primary source on Bengal Kali.
Source: International Journal of Versatile Research and Analysis 4(5)
Original source or repository
Saraswati, Sachchidananda — 1920
Book · Bengali · Open access
Bengali manual of tantric sadhana by a Bengal ascetic.
Source: Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
Original source or repository
Roy, Sandip — 2017
Audio · English · Open access
Radio essay (6 min, with text) on Kali as a fitting goddess for an era of sexual violence.
Source: KALW Public Radio, Dispatches from Kolkata
Original source or repository
Various poets; compiled and issued by the temple trustees — 2017
Poetry · Tamil · Open access
A substantial local hymn collection for Bhadrakali and the associated temple. Includes songs with raga and tala directions and preserves earlier 1939/2002 texts alongside additional material as a single 2017 anthology.
Source: Bhadrakali Ambal–Veerabhadra Temple, Sangarathai Pittiyampathi
Original source or repository
Raymond L. M. Lee; R. Rajoo — 1987
Article · English · Open access
Contains detailed ethnographic observations (pp. 401–402) of a Kali temple and female Kali medium in Kuala Lumpur, including offerings, trance, and ritual authority. The accessible file is on a third-party mirror.
Source: Modern Asian Studies; supplied third-party mirror
Original source or repository
Suryabhakta Pade (scribe) — 1837 (era unstated)
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Dated Nepali Saptashati manuscript.
Source: Jagannath Bhattarai Collection, Nepal, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repository
Unknown — 1851
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
61-folio Newari Saptashati with the boons to Suratha and the merchant.
Source: Newari paper manuscripts, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repository
Unknown — n.d.
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Rules for reciting the Saptashati.
Source: eGangotri Digital Preservation Trust, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repository
Unknown — n.d.
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Saptashati with ancillary texts and the hundredfold recitation rite.
Source: Jagannath Bhattarai Collection, Nepal, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repository
Drishya — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Explainer on the contested Indian roots of the Romani Sara-la-Kali.
Source: Homegrown
Original source or repository
Sen, Amiya P. — 2022 CE
Book · Not specified · Metadata only
From Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography, Sources for Chapters 1–18.
Section: Scholarly Works.
Source: Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography
Original source or repository
C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre — n.d.
Reference · English · Open access
Describes the Bhimakali temple at Sarahan, its legends, Indo-Tibetan architecture and festivals.
Source: Eco Heritage: Sacred Sites of India (cpreec.org)
Original source or repository
S. Laleesan (editor); Vai. Vijayakumaran (editor) — 2013
Book · Tamil · Open access
A complete local Veeramakali temple volume with historical and community accounts, devotional writing and religious essays. The title page credits two editors; it is an original local compilation.
Source: Sri Veeramakali Ambal Temple Administrative Council, Sarasala
Original source or repository
Śivanātha Bhaṭṭācārya; Tripurā Tallikā (translation/publisher) — 2024 according to curator; linked PDF filename January 2025
Book · English · Open access
Narrates Sarvananda’s realization of Kali and the ten Mahavidyas through corpse-seat practice; includes the Mehar Kalibari setting, hymnic passages and contextual notes.
Source: Tripurā Tallikā
Original source or repository
Francis, W. — 1907
Reference · English · Open access
Gazetteer noting a sculpture of Kali slaying the buffalo demon.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repository
Pūrṇānanda — 1919 CE
Book · Not specified · Metadata only
From Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography, Sources for Chapters 1–18.
Section: Primary Texts, Editions, and Translations.
Source: Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography
Original source or repository
Vivekananda, Swami — n.d.
Book · English · Open access
Collected sayings with several on the Mother and Kali.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repository
M. J. Gentes (as printed; expanded name not established) — 1992
Article · English · Open access
Gentes examines the Bharani festival at Sri Kurumba Kavu in Kodungallur, Kerala, combining firsthand observations in 1990 with earlier ethnography and local interpretations. The study describes Bhadrakali’s icon, oracle specialists, ritual authority, songs, offerings, and contested acts of ceremonial pollution. It distinguishes practices witnessed by the researcher from more sensational allegation
Source: Asian Folklore Studies; publisher archive maintained by Asian Ethnology
Original source or repository
Unknown (India) — n.d.
Museum record · English · Open access
Seated Kali in the Mia collection.
Source: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Original source or repository
Fuller, C. J. — 1984 CE
Book · Not specified · Metadata only
From Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography, Sources for Chapters 1–18.
Section: Scholarly Works.
Source: Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography
Original source or repository
Supreme Court of India — 1972 CE
Reference · Not specified · Metadata only
From Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography, Sources for Chapters 1–18.
Section: Legal Authorities and Legislation.
Source: Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography
Original source or repository
Unknown (Bengal or Nepal) — 19th c.
Museum record · English · Open access
Sacrificial blades of the kind used in goddess (Kali/Durga) offerings.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 36.25.1284-.1286
Original source or repository
1001 Things — 2014
Article · English · Open access
The hilltop Sevoke Kali temple and its setting.
Source: 1001 Things
Original source or repository
BhaktiBharat — 2026
Reference · English · Open access
Profile of the Sevokeshwari Kali temple by the Teesta.
Source: BhaktiBharat.com
Original source or repository
McGilvray, Dennis B. — 1988
Article · English · Open access
Engages Obeyesekere on the Pattini cult and its transformation toward a fierce Tamil Kali.
Source: Ethos 16 (review essay; author's posted copy)
Original source or repository
Ray, Amarendranath (ed.) — 1960
Book · Bengali · Open access
Standard Bengali anthology of Shakta lyrics.
Source: Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
Original source or repository
Arthur Avalon (John Woodroffe) — 1918
Book · English · Open access
Woodroffe's collection of thirty essays explains and defends Shakta philosophy and Tantra for English-speaking readers. Topics range from consciousness and power to ritual, initiation, mantra, the guru and yoga. The substantial essay “The Indian Magna Mater” interprets images of Kali in relation to Shiva, cosmic manifestation and dissolution, the cremation ground, the corpse and the Mother as the
Source: Luzac & Co.
Original source or repository
McDaniel, June — 2023 CE
Article · Not specified · Metadata only
From Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography, Sources for Chapters 1–18.
Section: Scholarly Works.
Source: Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography
Original source or repository
Mukhopadhyay, Debranjan — 1954
Book · Bengali · Open access
Bengali study of Shakta philosophy and the Kali poets.
Source: Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
Original source or repository
Anwarul Karim — 1988
Article · English · Open access
Karim describes religious healing specialists in three villages of Kushtia, Bangladesh, drawing on his observations and interviews. Particularly valuable for this library is the sustained account of Fulkumari, a female healer who described Kali as the source of her vocation. The article documents her temple setting, invocations of Raksha Kali, contacts with Hindu and Muslim practitioners, and inte
Source: Asian Ethnology
Original source or repository
Author unrecorded — 1985 CE
Reference · Not specified · Metadata only
From Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography, Sources for Chapters 1–18.
Section: Legal Authorities and Legislation.
Source: Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography
Original source or repository
Marianne Pasty-Abdul Wahid — 2018
Article · English · Open access
Examines how temple communities decide which Bhadrakali shrines can receive Mutiyettu theatre as an offering, based on concepts of the installed deity's mood and power. Distinct from the same author's 2017 and 2020 articles.
Source: Religions of South Asia 11(1), 72-98; DOI 10.1558/rosa.33374
Original source or repository
India Currents — 2024
Article · English · Open access
Report on DAG's exhibition and Kali's shifting image from colonial fear to resistance.
Source: India Currents (on DAG's Kali exhibition)
Original source or repository
Chattopadhyay, Kumudranjan — 1928
Book · Bengali · Open access
Bengali work on why Shyama stands on Shiva's chest.
Source: Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
Original source or repository
Chattopadhyay, Kumudranjan — 1928
Book · Bengali · Open access
Bengali tract explaining the image of Kali standing on Shiva.
Source: West Bengal Public Library Network / DLI, via Internet Archive
Original source or repository
Author unrecorded — Date not recorded
Reference · Not specified · Metadata only
From Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography, Sources for Chapters 1–18.
Section: Parallel Editions and Access Records.
Source: Keepers of the Mother’s Flame — Master Bibliography
Original source or repository
Sadhguru (Jaggi Vasudev) — n.d.
Article · English · Open access
Explains the image of Kali standing on Shiva.
Source: Isha Foundation
Original source or repository
Unknown — n.d.
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Ritual manual for offerings to Shiva, Mahakala of the cremation ground and Kalika.
Source: Jagannath Bhattarai Collection, Nepal, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repository
Nayyar, Sanjeev — 2016
Article · English · Open access
Photo-essay on Chennai's Kalikambal temple, which Shivaji is said to have visited.
Source: eSamskriti
Original source or repository
Shraddha Gupta; Ipsit Pratap Singh — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Temple-specific research describing the Patiala Kali shrine, Kali image, daily worship, priests, and sacrificial-fire ceremonies. Useful for geographical breadth and documented contemporary ritual detail.
Source: Original research article, Interdisciplinary Journal of Yagya Research 8(2), 17-30
Original source or repository
Unknown — n.d.
Manuscript · Sanskrit · Open access
Kathmandu manuscript of Kali's hundred names.
Source: Ravi Acharya Kathmandu Collection, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repository
Unknown — n.d.
Manuscript · Sanskrit / Nepali · Open access
Sanskrit-Nepali text on the Kalika krama (sequence) of worship.
Source: Prof. Madhav Prasad Lamichhane Collection, via Internet Archive (CC0)
Original source or repository