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From the Sequence of the Sun-Goddess (bhānavīkrama) to Time-Consumption (kālagrāsa): Some Notes on the Development of the Śākta Doctrine of the Twelve Kālīs

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kali-0154
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KALI-0154; KLM000014
Author or attribution
Aleksandra Wenta
Record type
Article
Language
English
Date / edition
Journal of Indian Philosophy 49 (2021), 725–757; DOI 10.1007/s10781-021-09488-9.
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Journal of Indian Philosophy (Springer Nature)
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Open access
Subjects
Kali Ma Additional Sources; Academic Research and Peer-Reviewed Articles; Tantras and Esoteric Literature; Philosophy, Theology, and Comparative Religion

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A textual and historical reconstruction of the twelve-Kālī doctrine across early and later Krama/Trika witnesses. Wenta examines the evolving association of solar symbolism, the skeleton of Kālī and time-consuming consciousness, while describing unresolved manuscript transmission issues.

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Aleksandra Wenta | Journal of Indian Philosophy (Springer Nature)
A textual and historical reconstruction of the twelve-Kālī doctrine across early and later Krama/Trika witnesses. Wenta examines the evolving association of solar symbolism, the skeleton of Kālī and time-consuming consciousness, while describing unresolved manuscript transmission issues.
Scope: Journal of Indian Philosophy 49 (2021), 725–757; DOI 10.1007/s10781-021-09488-9.
Full text: Open verified source • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10781-021-09488-9

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Open verified source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10781-021-09488-9

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Wenta traces changing formulations of the twelve Kālīs across selected tantric scriptures and later philosophical interpretation. The study distinguishes an early solar setting, expressed through the Sun-Goddess sequence, from later emphases on consuming time and the processes of consciousness. It compares sources including the Jayadrathayāmala, Kālikākramapañcāśikā, Devīpañcaśataka, Mahānayaprakāśa, and Abhinavagupta’s synthesis of Krama, Trika, and Pratyabhijñā. Its contribution is a historically differentiated account of a particular Kali tradition rather than a general description of goddess worship. The author explicitly presents the reconstruction as preliminary because substantial relevant material remains unedited. For the library, the article is both an interpretive guide and a citation trail into less familiar Sanskrit works; its source references should become leads, not automatically accepted full-text records.

KLM000014 — Kali Ma Additional Sources.
Access, completeness and research assessments below are attributed to the supplied curator document; they are not a new independent verification by this library.

From the Sequence of the Sun-Goddess (bhānavīkrama) to Time-Consumption (kālagrāsa): Some Notes on the Development of the Śākta Doctrine of the Twelve Kālīs
English title: Same as title
Author / attribution: Aleksandra Wenta
Publication: 2021-09-25
Publisher / repository: Springer Nature; Journal of Indian Philosophy
Edition details: 49 (2021), 725–757; issue December 2021
Language: English, with Sanskrit quotations
Type: Journal article
Subjects: Tantras and Esoteric Literature; Academic Research and Peer-Reviewed Articles; Philosophy, Theology, and Comparative Religion
Wenta traces changing formulations of the twelve Kālīs across selected tantric scriptures and later philosophical interpretation. The study distinguishes an early solar setting, expressed through the Sun-Goddess sequence, from later emphases on consuming time and the processes of consciousness. It compares sources including the Jayadrathayāmala, Kālikākramapañcāśikā, Devīpañcaśataka, Mahānayaprakāśa, and Abhinavagupta’s synthesis of Krama, Trika, and Pratyabhijñā. Its contribution is a historically differentiated account of a particular Kali tradition rather than a general description of goddess worship. The author explicitly presents the reconstruction as preliminary because substantial relevant material remains unedited. For the library, the article is both an interpretive guide and a citation trail into less familiar Sanskrit works; its source references should become leads, not automatically accepted full-text records.
Kali relevance: Direct study of the twelve Kālīs and changing Kālīkula/Krama doctrine.
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Rights: CC BY 4.0, with attribution and license conditions; third-party exceptions possible. Not public domain.
Evidence class: Academic journal scholarship; author marks historical reconstruction preliminary.
Reading limits: Selected sections and documentary completeness checked; not a line-by-line philological audit of every cited Sanskrit passage.
Composition date: Modern scholarship (2021); discusses early medieval and medieval Kālīkula/Krama textual traditions, without assigning one date to all sources
Witness date: Not established in this batch

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Read complete source text: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10781-021-09488-9
Source / repository record: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10781-021-09488-9

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Aleksandra Wenta. From the Sequence of the Sun-Goddess (bhānavīkrama) to Time-Consumption (kālagrāsa): Some Notes on the Development of the Śākta Doctrine of the Twelve Kālīs. Journal of Indian Philosophy (Springer Nature). Journal of Indian Philosophy 49 (2021), 725–757; DOI 10.1007/s10781-021-09488-9..

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