The Young Goddess Who Dances through the Ordinariness of Life—A Study on the Tantric Traditions of Kerala

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Catalogue identifier: klm000088
Alternate titles and import identifiers: KLM000088
Author or attribution: Maciej Karasinski-Sroka; G. Sudev Krishna Sharman
Record type: Article
Language: English
Date / edition: 2022-07-21
Source / repository: MDPI, Religions
Access: Open access
Subjects: KLM Research Sources — Second Set, 5 November 2026; Regional traditions; Tantra; Textual scholarship

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A study of Bālā worship and initiation in contemporary Kerala, combining practitioner testimony with two previously understudied Sanskrit texts, the Bālāviṃśati stotra and Bālādīkṣāpaddhati. It situates Bālā practice within local Śrīvidyā and Śākta ritual lineages. Sections 5.2–5.3 give substantive discussion of Rurujit/Bhadrakālī traditions, Mūssat and Piṭārar practitioners, Vaḷayanāṭu kāvu, and links with Krama goddess sequences. The article supplies textual material and translations as well as a substantial bibliography.

Curator research source KLM000088, second set dated 5 November 2026. Verification, chronology, completeness, access and licence statements below are supplied by the curator, not a new independent audit by this library. Full texts are linked, not reproduced. Abstract languages do not change the full work's language label.

The Young Goddess Who Dances through the Ordinariness of Life—A Study on the Tantric Traditions of Kerala

Author and date: Maciej Karasinski-Sroka; G. Sudev Krishna Sharman • 2022-07-21

Publication: MDPI, Religions. Religions 13 (7), 667; 38 pages; revised publisher PDF generated 25 July 2022.

Language: English; Sanskrit texts and translations

Kali relevance: Contextual rather than Kali-exclusive. Pages 7–9 explicitly discuss Rurujit as Kālī in the form Bhadrakālī and the inclusion of Bālā mantra in Bhadrakālī invocation; this is substantial regional ritual evidence, not a passing name.

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Subjects: Regional traditions; Tantra; Textual scholarship

Dates: 2022-07-21 modern scholarly publication; composition dates of cited traditional texts are separate and not established here; The complete modern edition or author-deposited copy identified in the publication details; not an ancient manuscript witness.

Rights: Publisher open access under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0; license explicitly printed on page 1. Attribute author and source for reuse.

Verification and limits: Complete article boundaries and Bhadrakālī sections checked. Bālā is the main subject; this is contextual Kerala Śākta evidence, not a Kali manual. Sanskrit passages were not independently collated.

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Maciej Karasinski-Sroka; G. Sudev Krishna Sharman. The Young Goddess Who Dances through the Ordinariness of Life—A Study on the Tantric Traditions of Kerala. MDPI, Religions. Religions 13 (7), 667; 38 pages; revised publisher PDF generated 25 July 2022. 2022-07-21. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/7/667/pdf

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