Kapalakundala
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-fifty-044
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-50-044
- Author or attribution
- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- Record type
- Book
- Language
- Hindi
- Date / edition
- Undated Hindi translation; Bengali original 1866
- Source / repository
- rarebooksocietyofindia.org
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- 50 Full-Text Sources — November 2026; Historical and literary sources; Fiction; Literary Sources
Description and curator notes
A novel whose central plot involves a Kapalika, Kali worship and the threatened sacrifice of its heroine. A primary literary source for Kali’s place in Bengali cultural imagination; this link supplies a Hindi translation, not the Bengali original.
Curator source KALI-50-044. Historical and literary sources. Export dated 5 November 2026.
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44 Kapalakundala
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee • 1866
Novel in Hindi translation • Hindi
Varanasi: Hindi Prachar Pustakalaya; linked translation date and translator not established
Bengali original 1866; linked Hindi edition undated.
A novel whose central plot involves a Kapalika, Kali worship and the threatened sacrifice of its heroine. A primary literary source for Kali’s place in Bengali cultural imagination; this link supplies a Hindi translation, not the Bengali original.
Access: Complete 130-page Hindi scan, with readable title and interior pages and a marked conclusion. The edition date and translator are not stated on the inspected title pages.
Full text: https://rarebooksocietyofindia.org/book_archive/196174216674_10151262906366675.pdf
Source access
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Curator-reported free reading access, not a blanket republication licence. Follow the linked host's copyright and reuse conditions. No full source text is reproduced. Curator access note: Complete 130-page Hindi scan, with readable title and interior pages and a marked conclusion. The edition date and translator are not stated on the inspected title pages.
Citation
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. Kapalakundala. rarebooksocietyofindia.org. Undated Hindi translation; Bengali original 1866. Novel in Hindi translation • Hindi
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