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Kalidasa; Griffith, Ralph T. H. (trans.) — 1879
Book · English · Open access
Kumarasambhava canto in which skull-adorned Kali follows the Mothers in Shiva's wedding train.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryBanerjea, S. B. — 1910
Book · English · Open access
Short story from Tales of Bengal with a Kali puja setting.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryJohn Campbell Oman — Undated second edition; first publication 1907
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The opening chapter, Kali-Ghat and Hinduism in Bengal, examines the temple, worshippers and goddess worship across five sections. A substantial historical source on Kalighat, best read with awareness of the author’s colonial-era perspective.
Source: sriswamisivananda.org
Original source or repositoryHatley, Shaman — 2018 CE
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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 repositoryChattopadhyay, Sita; Chattopadhyay, Santa — 1922
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A mistress gone to evening worship at the temple of Kalee.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryFuller, C. J. — 2004 CE
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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 repositoryDyczkowski, Mark S. G. — 1988 CE
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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 repositoryRamakrishna Math and Mission, Dhaka — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Shyama Puja at the Dhaka Ramakrishna Math.
Source: Ramakrishna Math Dhaka (news)
Original source or repositoryWhite, George Francis — 1838
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Notes Rampore's temples to Mahadeo and Kalee.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositorySupreme Court of India — 1954 CE
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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 repositoryGovernment of India — 2023 CE
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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 repositoryParamahansa Yogananda — Historical teaching; 2022 web edition
Article · English · Open access
Extensive exposition of divine motherhood, explicitly including the fierce form of Kālī. Contemporary published edition of an earlier spiritual teaching, not an academic source.
Source: Kali Mandir — web edition of historical teaching
Original source or repositoryLidia Szczepanik — 2012
Article · English · Open access
Compares Sanskrit portrayals of Kali with Marguerite Yourcenar’s Kali Beheaded. It discusses the head-transposition motif and a proposed connection to a South Indian Mariyamman narrative. The proposed lines of influence are the author’s interpretation. The complete paper, including its final notes, runs through p. 192.
Source: Iuvenilia Philologorum Cracoviensium / Źródła Humanistyki Europejskiej; Jagiellonian University Repository
Original source or repositoryNot stated in Wikisource header — 1923
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Pulp adventure story drawing on Kali imagery; a primary source for Western popular portrayals.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryHornung, E. W. — 1914
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Detective story invoking the Thugs' goddess Bhowanee.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryRosati, Paolo Eugenio — 2017
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Tantric goddess worship, blood sacrifice and kingship in early medieval Assam.
Source: Religions 8(10):212 (MDPI)
Original source or repositoryBhattacharya, Bibek — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Essay on how the Buddhist Tara was absorbed into Bengali Kali worship.
Source: Bibek Bhattacharya (Substack essay)
Original source or repositoryAditya, Sikha Sarkar — 1997
Dissertation · English · Open access
Early history of goddess worship in Bengal, the ground from which Bengali Kali devotion grew.
Source: University of Burdwan (PhD), Shodhganga
Original source or repositoryCrooke, William — 1919
Article · English · Open access
Early comparative survey of Indian mother-goddess cults including Kali; a period source.
Source: Folk-Lore 30, via Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryJain, Anoushka — 2023
Article · English · Open access
How dacoits who prayed to Kali before raids shaped Bengali shrine traditions.
Source: Enroute Indian History
Original source or repositoryAchintya Prahlad — 2021
Article · English · Open access
A comparative musicological and literary study of the goddess in the songs of C. Subramania Bharati and Kazi Nazrul Islam. It follows Kāḷī, Durgā and Umā across Tamil and Bengali devotional, political and musical settings, examining imagery of mother and daughter, national freedom, social equality and the musical treatment of divine power. Its sustained analysis of songs, rāgas and performance off
Source: Yale Journal of Music & Religion; Yale EliScholar
Original source or repositoryBrown, C. Mackenzie — 1998 CE
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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 repositoryDharmachakra Translation Committee; 84000 — English translation 2023–24
Scripture · English · Open access
A short fully translated canonical dhāraṇī presenting Mahākālī’s encounter with Śākyamuni and protective mantra. Toh 670 and 1087 are manifestations of the same work and are one library record.
Source: 84000 — Translating the Words of the Buddha
Original source or repositoryHenry, O. — 1911
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O. Henry's comic story of a stolen diamond from a Kali idol.
Source: Sixes and Sevens; Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryShome, Pratiksha — 2023
Article · English · Open access
How Kali has inspired painting, Bengal School art and performance.
Source: Abir Pothi
Original source or repositoryJiyo Bangla — 2023
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History of Naihati's century-old Boro Ma Kali Puja and its founder.
Source: Jiyo Bangla
Original source or repositoryGupta, Sanjukta — 2003 CE
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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 repositoryMajo Garigliano, Irene — 2018
Article · English · Open access
The Deodhani dance of possessed devotees at Kamakhya each August.
Source: Cracow Indological Studies 20(1)
Original source or repositoryAuthor unrecorded — Date not recorded
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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 repositoryOlivelle, Patrick — 1998 CE
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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 repositoryVivekananda, Swami — Date not established
Article · English · Open access
'The bloody Mother Kali worshipped with the selfsame paraphernalia.'
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryJohn J. G. H. Flicker (Giri Bhai) — 2020
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An extended interpretive essay on Kali's motherly devotional role and Ramprasad's Syama Sangit, comparing iconography, social roles and poetic intimacy. Useful for reading alongside peer-reviewed studies; do not present it as reviewed scholarship.
Source: Independently circulated 13-page essay
Original source or repositoryRoy, Ujjal — 2025
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History of Kolkata's Kali Puja from elite households to public pandals, with major temples.
Source: The CSR Journal
Original source or repositoryS. Sanjay — 2023–2024
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Study of bronze Kālī images in Chennai museum collections, with photographs and discussion of Chola-period iconographic attributes.
Source: Zenodo — author-uploaded research paper
Original source or repositoryChatterjee, Sharmistha — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Reader essay on Kali in Bengali devotion and colonial perception.
Source: ThePrint (SubscriberWrites)
Original source or repositoryBradley-Birt, F. B. — 1920
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Bengali folktale set around a palace temple of Kali.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryWhite, George Francis — 1838
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Picturesque-travel text on Thugs and their goddess Bhowanee.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryNational Heritage Board, Singapore (Roots.sg) — c. 1800
Museum record · English · Open access
North Indian painting with notes on the Devi Mahatmya battles.
Source: Roots.gov.sg collection 2025-00112
Original source or repositoryUnknown (Pahari style) — c. 1820
Museum record · English · Open access
Hill-court style painting of Kali; label discusses its influence on the Bengal School.
Source: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Original source or repositoryJohn R. Dupuche — 2012; PDF header May 2012
Article · English · Open access
Dupuche uses comparative theology to read selected Marian passages through questions prompted by Kali’s iconography. After a compact account of Kali’s attributes, most of the article examines biblical texts and Christian interpretation. Its declared audience is primarily Christian, and its conclusion advances a theological comparison rather than establishing a historical relationship between Mary
Source: Australian eJournal of Theology; repository copy University of Divinity
Original source or repositoryKazi, Ankan — 2024
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Kali in Bengali modernism from Prahlad Karmakar to Rabin Mondal.
Source: DAG
Original source or repositoryCleveland Museum of Art — 1890 CE
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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
Original source or repositorySarkar, Bihani — 2017 CE
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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 repositoryMartin, E. Osborn — 1914
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Missionary-era survey of Hindu deities with chapters on Kali and the goddesses.
Source: Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryDonald J. LaRocca — 1996
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This illustrated museum publication examines the religious imagery carried by weapons and armor. Its discussion of Indian ritual blades is particularly useful for a Kali library: it connects forms of the sacrificial sword and chopper with the goddess, the implements she holds, and the theological significance assigned to destruction. The relevant passages occur within a wider comparative treatment
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Original source or repositoryMahendra Nath Gupta (M.); English text revised by Swami Abhedananda — 1907
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This early English Gospel presents conversations and teachings of Ramakrishna in fourteen chapters, beginning at the Kali temple of Dakshineswar and ending at the Cossipur garden house. The title identifies Swami Abhedananda as reviser of M.'s original English text. Discussions of the Divine Mother, the relation of Brahman and Shakti, personal and impersonal divinity, spiritual practice and devoti
Source: The Vedanta Society, New York
Original source or repositoryGupta, Mahendranath — 1942 CE
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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 repositoryCollected reminiscences and conversations of Sri Sarada Devi; English translator not identified in inspected cover metadata — unknown (inspected English digital edition)
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This collection translates Sri Sri Mayer Katha, bringing together accounts of Sarada Devi’s conversations and actions from numerous named devotees. The contributors’ sections preserve differing occasions and voices, including recollections by Sarayubala Devi, Swami Arupananda, Yogin-Ma and Swami Ishananda. For a Kali library, the work contributes first-person devotional testimony about Dakshineswa
Source: Sri Ramakrishna Math Chennai
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