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Bengali Religious Lyrics, Śākta

Edward John Thompson and Arthur Marshman Spencer, translators; poems by Ramprasad Sen, Kamalakanta and others — 1923

Book · English · Open access

This historical English anthology translates 103 Bengali Shakta lyrics, with a large group attributed to Ramprasad Sen and additional songs by Kamalakanta and other named and anonymous poets. Its contents preserve the intimate speech of devotion to the Mother: complaint, dependence, household and economic metaphors, mortality, religious longing and the seasonal emotions associated with Uma. A repr

Source: Association Press, Calcutta; Oxford University Press, London

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Bengali Shakta

McDaniel, June — n.d.

Reference · English · Open access

Ethnographic entry on Bengali Shaktas: Kalikula, Kalighat, Kali Puja and iconography.

Source: Encyclopedia of World Cultures, via Encyclopedia.com

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Between Fear and Heroism: The Tantric Path to Liberation

Aleksandra Wenta — 2015

Article · English · Open access

Wenta examines fear as both a condition of bondage and a resource within Tantric accounts of liberation. Her discussion of Kālī and Kālasaṃkarṣaṇī draws on cremation-ground narratives and Krama materials to explain how confrontation with threatening experience becomes a model of expanded awareness. She also uses comparative theories of heroic transformation. The chapter connects goddess theology t

Source: Routledge; institutional copy: Università degli Studi di Firenze, FLORE

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Bhadrakālī Aṣṭakam 1

Anonymous — n.d. [online edition]

Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access

This short devotional hymn appeals to Bhadrakālī as a refuge from the burning difficulties of worldly existence. Fierce divine imagery and mythic demon-conquest motifs accompany the speaker’s requests for help. Its eight-verse form makes it a useful entry point to the devotional vocabulary of Bhadrakālī, while comparison with the separately attributed Nārāyaṇa Guru aṣṭakam reveals that these are d

Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project

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Bhadrakālī Aṣṭakam 2

Nārāyaṇa Guru (explicit colophon attribution) — n.d. [online edition]

Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access

Nārāyaṇa Guru’s eight-verse hymn presents Bhadrakālī through compassionate maternal qualities alongside fierce power. Praise evokes her beauty, protection of devotees, and defeat of Dārika, a narrative especially important in southern Bhadrakālī traditions. The work provides a named modern author within an otherwise largely anonymous Sanskrit collection and helps trace the continued composition of

Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project

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Bhadrakālī Aṣṭottaraśatanāma Stotram

Anonymous — n.d. [online edition]

Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access

A metrical 108-name hymn to Bhadrakālī followed by verses on the benefits of recitation. The names associate the Goddess with Vīrabhadra and combine auspicious qualities, divine sovereignty, and formidable protective power. It provides a compact parallel to the much longer Bhadrakālī mantric thousand-name text. The list belongs to the Bhadrakālī tradition and should not be substituted for the diff

Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project

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Bhadrakālī Kavaca 1

Anonymous; Nārada–Nārāyaṇa dialogue — n.d. [online edition]

Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access

In a dialogue between Nārada and Nārāyaṇa, the text presents Bhadrakālī’s protective armour together with a ten-syllable vidyā. Mantric invocations assign protection to parts of the body and directions, while the narrative explains the value of receiving and reciting the formula. This is a complete individual kavaca extracted from a Purāṇic chapter and supplies evidence for Kālī ritual within a br

Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project

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Bhadrakālī Kavaca 2 (Jaganmaṅgala)

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

Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access

A Devī–Bhairava dialogue introduces Bhadrakālī’s Jaganmaṅgala protective hymn. The text includes ritual identification, a visualization of a dark Goddess, seed syllables, and bodily protection. Its framing relates the practice to the four human aims: dharma, prosperity, desire, and liberation. Although it shares the Jaganmaṅgala title with a Śyāmā/Kālī kavaca, its opening, deity specification, and

Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project

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Bhadrakālī Mantranāma Sahasranāma Stotram

Anonymous; traditional divine dialogue — n.d. [online edition]

Scripture · Sanskrit · Open access

An extensive Bhadrakālī litany in which names and mantric forms together characterize the Goddess. The text contains ritual preliminaries, a long sequence of praises, and closing material on its devotional and ritual results. Its explicit Bhadrakālī focus and Bhairava Tantra colophon distinguish it from other Kālī thousand-name hymns. It is a substantial source for comparing protective, cosmic, fi

Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project

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Bhadrakālī Stuti

Anonymous; traditional speakers Brahmā and Viṣṇu — n.d. [online edition]

Scripture · Sanskrit / Hindi · Open access

A Purāṇic praise addressed to Bhadrakālī by Brahmā and Viṣṇu. The Goddess is celebrated as the source of cosmic activity and as a reality exceeding ordinary description, bringing devotion together with claims about ultimate knowledge. The edition includes Hindi explanatory translation. This complete individual hymn is useful for studying a universal, theological Bhadrakālī in addition to the marti

Source: Sanskrit Documents volunteer project

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Bhagavad Gītā 9.26

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur — Date not recorded

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

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Bhairab Nach and Navadurga: Masked Rituals of Nepal

Deepsikha Chatterjee — 2025

Article · English · Open access

Investigates the making and use of masks in Nepalese Bhairab Nach and Navadurga performances. Chatterjee places their material forms within ritual belonging, kinship, community life, and artistic expression. The article discusses how figures including Kali and Mahakali appear in local performance traditions and how their visual forms differ from counterparts elsewhere in South Asia. It provides an

Source: HIMALAYA / Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

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Bhakti Beyond the Temple: Locating Kaḷameḻuttu in Pre-Modern Kerala

Shibi K. — 2020; Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology 8(1), pp. 514–543

Article · English · Open access

The article examines Kerala kaḷameḻuttu floor-drawing and non-Brahmanical devotional practice, using palm-leaf records, colonial descriptions, social history and ritual literature. Bhadrakāḷī appears among the relevant goddess forms and image-making traditions. The full PDF includes the scholarly article, references and page sequence. This is a contextual source about a wider Kerala practice—not a

Source: Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology

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Bharati Patalkal: Tamil–English digital installments containing poems 72–100 and 151–200

C. Subramania Bharati; edited by T. N. Ramachandran; multiple credited translators, including K. G. Seshadri — 1989 [print edition]; 2024 [digital installments]

Poetry · Tamil / English · Open access

These two complete digital installments reproduce Tamil poems alongside credited English translations from the Tamil University collection edited by T. N. Ramachandran. Their Kali material includes the praise of Mahakali in poem 87 and the hymn to Kali in poem 197; K. G. Seshadri is credited for those translations. The bilingual presentation is useful for comparing imagery, devotional address, and

Source: Tamil University, Thanjavur; digital edition Project Madurai

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Bhawani Mandir

Sri Aurobindo (published anonymously) — 1905

Book · English · Open access

Nationalist pamphlet calling for a temple to Bhawani as the Infinite Energy (Shakti) of India.

Source: Sri Aurobindo, Bande Mataram (CWSA vols. 6-7), via sri-aurobindo.co.in

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BHOG: Blissful Hygienic Offering to God

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India — Date not recorded

Reference · 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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