వీరభద్ర విజయము: దాక్షాయణి దక్షు నింటి కరుగుట
Bammera Potana — Date not established
Poetry · Telugu · Open access
Potana's poem in which Mahakali goes to Daksha's sacrifice hall.
Source: Telugu Wikisource
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శివపురాణము, ఉమా ఖండము: కాళి 'గౌరి' అగుట (Kali becomes Gauri)
Author unrecorded — Date not established
Scripture · Telugu · Open access
Telugu Shiva Purana chapter on dark Kali becoming golden Gauri.
Source: Telugu Wikisource
Original source or repositoryశుకసప్తతి, తొమ్మిదవ యుపకథ
Palavekari Kadiripati — Date not established
Poetry · Telugu · Open access
Tale from the Telugu Shukasaptati involving a journey to Kalipura and Kalika's shrine.
Source: Telugu Wikisource
Original source or repositoryశ్రీ దేవీ భాగవతము: తృతీయస్కంధము (Telugu Devi Bhagavata, book 3)
Author unrecorded — Date not established
Scripture · Telugu · Open access
Telugu Devi Bhagavata book on Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasarasvati.
Source: Telugu Wikisource
Original source or repositoryసంగ్రహ ఆంధ్ర విజ్ఞాన కోశము: ఎల్లోరా గుహాలయములు (Ellora caves)
Telugu Bhasha Samiti — Date not established
Reference · Telugu · Open access
Telugu encyclopedia entry on Ellora, describing the Kali sculpture.
Source: Telugu Wikisource
Original source or repositoryహరివంశము: ఉత్తరభాగము, సప్తమాశ్వాసము (Telugu Harivamsha)
Errana — Date not established
Poetry · Telugu · Open access
Telugu Harivamsha canto in which Kalika appears and frees Aniruddha.
Source: Telugu Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಗ್ರಾಮದೇವತೆ (Village Goddesses), Mysore University Vishwakosha
University of Mysore (Mysore University Vishwakosha) — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Entry on village goddesses, comparing Mariamma with Chandi, Chamundi and Kalika.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಚಾಮುಂಡಿ (Chamundi), Mysore University Vishwakosha
University of Mysore (Mysore University Vishwakosha) — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Encyclopedia entry on Chamundi, slayer of Chanda and Munda, and her cult in Karnataka.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಜನಪದ ದೇವತೆಗಳು (Folk Deities), Mysore University Vishwakosha
University of Mysore (Mysore University Vishwakosha) — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Entry on folk deities, including Parvati worshipped as Kali among village goddesses.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಠಕ್ಕರು (Thugs), Mysore University Vishwakosha
University of Mysore (Mysore University Vishwakosha) — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Entry on the Thugs and their patron goddess, called Kali, Durga, Devi or Bhavani.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryದಸರಾ (Dasara), Mysore University Vishwakosha
University of Mysore (Mysore University Vishwakosha) — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Entry on Dasara, naming Mahakali, Durga and Chamundi among the goddesses honoured.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryದೆವ್ವ (Ghosts), Mysore University Vishwakosha
University of Mysore (Mysore University Vishwakosha) — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Entry on ghost beliefs, including sorcerers who recite Kalika's mantra at the cremation ground.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಪಾಡ್ಡನ (Paddana), Mysore University Vishwakosha
University of Mysore (Mysore University Vishwakosha) — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Entry on Tulu paddana songs, whose spirit-deities include Chamundi.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಮೈಸೂರು ಒಡೆಯರು (Wodeyars of Mysore), Mysore University Vishwakosha
University of Mysore (Mysore University Vishwakosha) — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Dynastic history with the Wodeyars' patronage of Chamundi Hill and its steps.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ: ಕೊಂಡ ಹಾಯುವುದು (Fire-walking)
University of Mysore (Mysore University Vishwakosha) — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Entry on fire-walking at village-goddess fairs, including Kalikadevi.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ: ಗೌರಿ (Gauri)
University of Mysore — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Entry retelling how Kali, shamed for her dark skin, became Gauri.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ: ಚಾಮುಂಡಿ ಬೆಟ್ಟ (Chamundi Hill)
University of Mysore (Mysore University Vishwakosha) — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Kannada encyclopedia entry on Chamundi Hill and its temple.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ: ದಕ್ಷಿಣೇಶ್ವರ (Dakshineswar)
University of Mysore — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Kannada encyclopedia entry on Dakshineswar and its Kali temple.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ: ಪಾವಾಗಡ (Pavagadh)
University of Mysore (Mysore University Vishwakosha) — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Entry on Pavagadh and its Mahakali and Bhadrakali temples.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ: ಭೂತಾರಾಧನೆ (Bhuta worship)
University of Mysore (Mysore University Vishwakosha) — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Entry on spirit worship naming Chamundi and other fierce goddesses.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ: ಮಾತೃಪೂಜೆ (Mother worship)
University of Mysore — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Encyclopedia entry on mother worship under the names Durga, Mari and Kali.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ: ವೀರಭದ್ರ (Virabhadra)
University of Mysore (Mysore University Vishwakosha) — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Entry on Virabhadra, whose consort is Bhadrakali.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಯಕ್ಷಯಕ್ಷಿಯರು (Yakshas and Yakshis), Mysore University Vishwakosha
University of Mysore (Mysore University Vishwakosha) — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Entry on Jain attendant deities, listing the yakshis Kali and Mahakali.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryರಾಮಕೃಷ್ಣ ಪರಮಹಂಸ (Ramakrishna Paramahamsa), Mysore University Vishwakosha
University of Mysore (Mysore University Vishwakosha) — Date not established
Reference · Kannada · Open access
Biographical entry on Ramakrishna, Rani Rasmani's Dakshineswar Kali temple and his worship there.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryವಿರಾಟಪರ್ವ: ಒಂದನೆಯ ಸಂಧಿ (Kumaravyasa Bharata, Virata Parva 1)
Kumaravyasa — Date not established
Poetry · Kannada · Open access
Kannada epic canto with the Pandavas' hymn 'Kali parama karali'.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryಶ್ರೀರಾಮಕೃಷ್ಣ ಪರಮಹಂಸರ ಚರಿತ್ರೆ: ಪರಮಹಂಸರು ಕಾಳಿಯ ಅರ್ಚಕರಾಗಿ ನಿಂತದ್ದು
Author unrecorded — Date not established
Book · Kannada · Open access
Kannada life of Ramakrishna: how he became Kali's priest.
Source: Kannada Wikisource
Original source or repositoryഐതിഹ്യമാല: കടാങ്കോട്ടു മാക്കംഭഗവതി (Kadangottu Makkam Bhagavathi)
Kottarathil Sankunni — 1909
Book · Malayalam · Open access
Aithihyamala legend in which Chamundi punishes a wrongdoer.
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repositoryഐതിഹ്യമാല: കാളിദാസൻ (Aithihyamala: Kalidasan)
Kottarathil Sankunni — 1909
Book · Malayalam · Open access
Legend of how Kali's boon made Kalidasa a poet.
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repositoryകാളിനാടകം — Kāḷināṭakam
Narayana Guru — 2022 [last revision of digital page]
Poetry · Malayalam · Open access
A complete Malayalam devotional composition attributed to Narayana Guru, presented in the flowing dandaka form. Its invocation develops a sustained vision of the goddess through cosmic activity, her bodily and ornamental attributes, and the devotee’s appeal for compassion and release. The text is especially valuable for widening the library beyond Bengali and Sanskrit sources and for studying Kali
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repositoryകുഞ്ചമൺപോറ്റിയും മറ്റപ്പള്ളി നമ്പൂതിരിപ്പാടും, Aithihyamala
Kottarathil Sankunni — Date not established
Book · Malayalam · Open access
Tale of two sorcerer-adepts, one of whom made Bhadrakali appear through worship at Porkali.
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repositoryകേരളോല്പത്തി: ശേഷം കേരളാവസ്ഥ ചുരുക്കി പറയുന്നു (Keralolpathi)
Gundert, Hermann (ed.) — 1868
Book · Malayalam · Open access
Keralolpathi passage naming Chamundi among Kerala's guardian deities.
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repositoryകൊടുങ്ങല്ലൂർ വസൂരിമാല, Aithihyamala
Kottarathil Sankunni — Date not established
Book · Malayalam · Open access
Legend of Kodungallur's smallpox goddess Vasoorimala and Bhadrakali's birth from Shiva's third eye.
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repositoryചിറ്റൂർകാവിൽ ഭഗവതി, Aithihyamala
Kottarathil Sankunni — Date not established
Book · Malayalam · Open access
Long legend of the Chittur Kavu goddess, a Bhadrakali, and her festival.
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repositoryതിരുമാന്ധാംകുന്നു വൈശിഷ്യം
Mankada Kovilakathu Udayavarman — 1913
Book · Malayalam · Open access
Temple-glory of Thirumandhamkunnu, where Parvati sends Bhadrakali and her hosts to earth.
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repositoryദക്ഷിണഇന്ത്യയിലെ ജാതികൾ (Castes of South India)
Karunakara Menon Pannikkottu — 1915
Book · Malayalam · Open access
Survey of South Indian castes noting communities that serve Bhadrakali shrines and worship Kali.
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repositoryദേവീമാഹാത്മ്യം കിളിപ്പാട്ട്: ഏഴാം അദ്ധ്യായം (Devi Mahatmyam Kilippattu, ch. 7)
Traditional — Date not established
Poetry · Malayalam · Open access
Malayalam kilippattu retelling of Devi Mahatmya ch. 7, where Kali beheads Chanda.
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repositoryപറയിപെറ്റ പന്തിരുകുലം, Aithihyamala
Kottarathil Sankunni — Date not established
Book · Malayalam · Open access
The legend of the twelve clans born of a Paraya woman, with the cremation-ground Bhadrakali's arrival.
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repositoryപുലവൃത്തം (Pulavrittam)
Traditional — Date not established
Poetry · Malayalam · Open access
Folk song of Kali riding a vetala to fight Darika.
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repositoryഭദ്രകാളി ഗായത്രി (Bhadrakali Gayatri)
Traditional — Date not established
Scripture · Malayalam · Open access
The Bhadrakali Gayatri mantra.
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repositoryഭദ്രകാളീസ്തവം (അഷ്ടകം) (Bhadrakali Stava)
Author unrecorded — Date not established
Poetry · Malayalam · Open access
Eight-verse Malayalam hymn to Bhadrakali and Raktachamundi.
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repositoryമടയിൽ ചാമുണ്ഡി തെയ്യം (തോറ്റങ്ങൾ) (Madayil Chamundi Theyyam thottam)
Traditional — Date not established
Poetry · Malayalam · Open access
Thottam (invocation song) of the Madayil Chamundi theyyam.
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repositoryമണ്ടക്കാട്ടമ്മനും കൊടയും, Aithihyamala
Kottarathil Sankunni — Date not established
Book · Malayalam · Open access
Legend of Mandaikadu Amman, an anthill worshipped as Bhadrakali, and her kodai festival.
Source: Malayalam Wikisource
Original source or repository