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Sanderson, Alexis — 2009 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 repositorySircar, D. C. — 1973 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 repositoryJohnson, W. J. — 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 repositoryOscar Figueroa — 2019
Article · English · Open access
Figueroa reassesses the religious dimensions of Kṣemendra’s satire. His reading relates the bawd Kaṅkālī to Kālī, Cāmuṇḍā and Karālā, examining death imagery and the parodic initiation of Kalāvatī. Rather than treating every caricature as a rejection of Tantra, he argues that the work advances a broader critique of hypocrisy. This makes the article useful for understanding how fierce-goddess symbo
Source: Comitato AIT / Edizioni AIT
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 repositoryDharmachakra Translation Committee; 84000 — English translation 2024
Scripture · Tibetan / English · Open access
A long self-contained Buddhist tantra with twelve praises of Śrīdevī Kālī and extensive editorial introduction, notes, and manuscript-comparison references. Distinguish this Tibetan Buddhist protector tradition from the Hindu Dakṣiṇakālī liturgical corpus.
Source: 84000 — Translating the Words of the Buddha
Original source or repositoryGandhi, M. K.; Desai, Mahadev (trans.) — 1927-29
Book · English · Open access
Gandhi's visit to the Kalighat temple and his reaction to animal sacrifice.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryGandhi, M. K. — 1927
Book · English · Open access
Gandhi on the 'terrible sacrifice offered to Kali' (chapter 18 is already listed).
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryMichel Naumann — 2015
Article · English · Open access
Studies contrasts between elite and subaltern perspectives in two texts dedicated to Kali.
Source: journals.rudn.ru
Original source or repositoryBelnos, Sophie Charlotte — 1851
Book · English · Open access
Plate text quoting a verse on Chamunda mounted on a corpse.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryParanjape, Makarand R. — 2021
Article · English · Open access
Final instalment of a series on Vivekananda in the Himalayas, centred on his 1898 turn to Kali.
Source: Open Magazine
Original source or repositoryRamos, Imma — 2014 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 repositoryKinsley, David R. — 2000 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 repositoryKanakasabhai, V. — 1904
Book · English · Open access
Early Tamil religion, including buffalo sacrifice to the 'dread goddess Kali'.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryKanakasabhai Pillai, V. — 1904
Book · English · Open access
Ancient Tamil hunters who worshipped Kali and slaughtered buffaloes.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryFlood, Gavin — 2005 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 repositoryLex Hixon — 1995; online chapter reprint 2022
Book · English · Open access
Complete published chapter (pp. 25-40) on Sri Ramakrishna, devotion to Kali and Tantric realization; original chapter reprinted in full on Kali Mandir.
Source: Coming Home (1995), pp. 25–40; Kali Mandir online chapter reprint (2022)
Original source or repositoryOpen Magazine — n.d.
Article · English · Open access
Kolkata's Chinese community worships Kali with noodle offerings.
Source: Open Magazine
Original source or repositoryInman, Herbert Escott; Aspden, Hartley — 1902
Book · English · Open access
Edwardian adventure novel about a jewel stolen from a Kali idol.
Source: Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryRohan Neil Bastin — 1991
Dissertation · English · Open access
Full ethnographic and historical thesis on Sri Lankan Hindu-Buddhist temple relations, including Kali/Bhadrakali within the Munnesvaram complex.
Source: University College London — doctoral thesis
Original source or repositoryAbdullah, Achmed — 1924
Book · English · Open access
Invocations of Durga and Smashana Kali.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositorySleeman, W. H. — 1839
Book · English · Open access
American edition of Sleeman's thuggee history, a key source of the 'Kali cult' stereotype.
Source: Harvard copy (Google scan), via Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryKurmi, Dipak — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Editorial on Kali Puja's rites, iconography and regional forms.
Source: The Sentinel (Assam)
Original source or repositoryChunder, Bholanauth — 1869
Book · English · Open access
A Bengali traveller's account of Bengal and its shrines, Kali temples included.
Source: Harvard copy (Google scan), via Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryBrown, C. Mackenzie — 1990 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 repositoryMcFarlane, Holly — 2023
Article · English · Open access
Compares the film's Kali-worshipping cult with historical thuggee.
Source: Screen Rant
Original source or repositoryGuru Shyama Khyapa — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Separate full-length original 15-minute discourse on Kali puja during amavasya, guru supervision and concerns about ritual.
Source: Jai Khepa Parampara — contemporary teachings
Original source or repositoryAleksandra Wenta — 2016
Article · English · Open access
Wenta reads Utpaladeva’s devotional account of sensory experience alongside the Krama’s twelve Kālīs. She connects sensory expansion and withdrawal with the lineage transmitted through Somānanda and Utpaladeva, considering nectar imagery and the relation between sequential and nonsequential awareness. The discussion gives particular attention to stability and to the samanā and unmanā states. It of
Source: D.K
Original source or repositoryBeliefnet (interview with a co-editor of Encountering Kali) — 2003
Article · English · Open access
Interview on Kali as a goddess of opposites and Indian vs Western readings of her.
Source: Beliefnet
Original source or repositoryOjha, Santosh — 2025
Article · English · Open access
Bengali Kali shrines of Varanasi, including the Cooch Behar Kali Bari.
Source: Outlook Traveller
Original source or repositoryVivekananda, Swami; Nivedita, Sister — n.d.
Book · English · Open access
Nivedita's account of Vivekananda's Kali experiences in Kashmir.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryHenry Whitehead — 1921
Book · English · Open access
Documents southern village goddess traditions, including Kaliamma, Mahakali, offerings and festival practice. Its comparative descriptions preserve historical observations, although the author interprets them through a colonial missionary framework.
Source: srimatham.com
Original source or repositoryVigneshwar Bhat and Liudmila Mikhanovskaia — 2023
Article · English · Open access
Focused analysis of Kālī’s role, iconography and significance within the Devī Māhātmya, read against its wider goddess theology.
Source: Veda Samskrita Academy — full journal issue
Original source or repositoryRohmer, Sax — 1923
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Pulp mystery by the creator of Fu Manchu built around a Kali cult.
Source: Short Stories magazine; Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositorySister Nivedita (Margaret E. Noble) — 1904; later impression digitized
Book · English · Open access
Nivedita's account of Indian social and religious life connects domestic relationships, philosophical ideas, pilgrimage and national consciousness. The chapter on Shiva or Mahadev gives the strongest link to a Kali collection, interpreting the relation between the great god and the Mother, religious imagery and the encounter with the terrible within divine life. Other chapters explore the Eastern
Source: Longmans, Green and Co.
Original source or repositoryRobinson, J. D. — 1983 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 repositorySwami Ghanananda — 1954 original essay; reprinted 2020
Article · English · Open access
Thirteen-page account of Divine Mother worship with extended treatment of Kali, Shakti, and Ramakrishna’s realization.
Source: vedantauk.org
Original source or repositoryMaciej Karasinski-Sroka; G. Sudev Krishna Sharman — 2022-07-21
Article · English · Open access
A study of Bālā worship and initiation in contemporary Kerala, combining practitioner testimony with two previously understudied Sanskrit texts, the Bālāviṃśati stotra and Bālādīkṣāpaddhati. It situates Bālā practice within local Śrīvidyā and Śākta ritual lineages. Sections 5.2–5.3 give substantive discussion of Rurujit/Bhadrakālī traditions, Mūssat and Piṭārar practitioners, Vaḷayanāṭu kāvu, and
Source: MDPI, Religions
Original source or repositoryNalina Gopal — 2022-10-10
Article · English · Open access
A documented account of the extended festival cycle surrounding firewalking at Singapore’s Sri Mariamman Temple. The author places the conspicuous firewalking event among preparatory rites, community labor, oral testimony, and historical records. A relevant section discusses Aravan Poojai and Kali in the Tamil ritual reception of the Mahabharata. Readers should distinguish those living narrative a
Source: BiblioAsia, National Library Board Singapore
Original source or repositoryKerala Tourism — n.d.
Reference · English · Open access
Official description of the Bhadrakali Theeyattu ritual and the Darika battle.
Source: Kerala Tourism (Government of Kerala)
Original source or repositoryMaurice, Frederick Denison — 1853
Article · English · Open access
Victorian theologian on 'the fearful invocation to Kali'.
Source: Wikisource (public domain)
Original source or repositoryOm Spiritual Shop — 2025
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Kali's dual forms and the Chidambaram legend.
Source: Om Spiritual Shop (blog)
Original source or repositoryIndian Panorama — n.d.
Reference · English · Open access
History, rituals and festivals of Thillai Kali.
Source: Indian Panorama
Original source or repositoryDinamalar — n.d.
Reference · English · Open access
Temple guide to Thillai Kali.
Source: Dinamalar Temples
Original source or repositoryRajendran, Abhilash — 2019
Article · English · Open access
Overview of Thillai Kali as a ferocious form of Shakti.
Source: Hindu Blog
Original source or repositoryTrawell — n.d.
Reference · English · Open access
Travel-guide entry on the temple and its legend.
Source: Trawell.in
Original source or repositoryCrooke, William — 1906
Book · English · Open access
Encyclopaedic notes including Kali, thuggee and goddess cults.
Source: Internet Archive
Original source or repositoryLars Waldorf; Nilanjana Premaratna — 2025 (online 2024)
Article · English · Open access
Studies Sandya Ekneligoda's public invocation of Kali and Pattini, coconut-breaking prayer, political protest, and ritual responses to enforced disappearance. A distinct collaborative peacebuilding article, not an alternate version of Chulani Kodikara's Memory Studies essay on similar events.
Source: Peacebuilding 13(2), 209-229; DOI 10.1080/21647259.2024.2374335
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