Varṇamālā (The Garland of Letters) — Shakti and Shakta, Chapter XXV

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kali-import-85ac475daa9a16f3c1ec

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TEN-ADDITIONAL-NOV05-10; Varnamala: The Garland of Letters; Chapter XXV - Varṇamālā (the Garland of Letters)

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John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon)

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Book

Language

English

Date / edition

1929

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Ten Additional Research Sources — 5 November 2026; Academic Research; Shaktism; Book Chapters; Research Sections; Tantras and Esoteric Literature

Description and curator notes

Focused discussion of Kali’s cremation-ground symbolism, cosmic dissolution, and interpretations of her formidable appearance.

Chapter XXV of Shakti and Shakta, not the entire parent book and not Woodroffe's separate similarly named book The Garland of Letters.

This historical interpretive chapter represents Woodroffe's arguments, not a neutral description of every Shakta tradition.

Curator supplement dated 5 November 2026. The linked Wisdomlib page and its author/date heading were inspected at intake; this does not independently verify every argument, manuscript reading or claim of full-work completeness. Contents-page links provide chapter navigation, not a single-page reproduction. The host warns that OCR and Sanskrit transcriptions can contain errors; consult the original scans before quoting. The supplied citation and annotation are preserved below.

10. Varnamala: The Garland of Letters

Author / date: John Woodroffe / Arthur Avalon (1929)

Description: Focused discussion of Kali’s cremation-ground symbolism, cosmic dissolution, and interpretations of her formidable appearance.

Full-text link: https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/shakti-and-shakta/d/doc210214.html

Cataloguing: Chapter of same book as entry 8

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John Woodroffe / Arthur Avalon. Varṇamālā (The Garland of Letters) — Shakti and Shakta, Chapter XXV. Wisdomlib. 1929. https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/shakti-and-shakta/d/doc210214.html

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