Goddess Maha Kali-2 Digital Art by Anand Swaroop Manchiraju

Goddess Maha Kali-2

by Anand Swaroop Manchiraju

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Goddess Maha Kali-2

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Anand Swaroop Manchiraju

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GODDESS MAHA KALI-2,DIGITAL ART
For other uses, see Kali (disambiguation).
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Kali
Goddess of Time, Change, and Destruction
Kali by Raja Ravi Varma.jpg
Kali by Raja Ravi Varma
Devanagari काली
Sanskrit Transliteration Kālī
Affiliation Devi
Abode Cremation grounds, Shmashana
Mantra Oṃ jayantī mangala kālī bhadrakālī kapālinī . Durgā kṣamā śivā dhātrī svāhā svadhā namō'stu‍tē
Weapon Scimitar , Trident (Trishul).
Consort Shiva
Mount Lion
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Kālī (/ˈkɑːli/; Sanskrit: काली, IPA: [kɑːliː]), also known as Kālikā (Sanskrit: कालिका), is the Hindu goddess associated with empowerment, shakti. She is the fierce aspect of the goddess Durga (Parvati).[1] The name Kali comes from kāla, which means black, time, death, lord of death: Shiva. Since Shiva is called Kāla� the eternal time � the name of Kālī, his consort, also means "Time" or "Death" (as in "time has come"). Hence, Kāli is the Goddess of Time and Change. Although sometimes presented as dark and violent, her earliest incarnation as a figure of annihilation of evil forces still has some influence. Various Shakta Hindu cosmologies, as well as Shākta Tantric beliefs, worship her as the ultimate reality or Brahman. Comparatively recent devotional movements largely conceive Kāli as a benevolent mother goddess.[2] Kālī is represented as the consort of Lord Shiva, on whose body she is often seen standing. Shiva lies in the path of Kali, whose foot on Shiva subdues her anger.

Contents

1 Etymology
2 Origins
3 Worship and mantra
4 Tantra
5 Bengali tradition
6 Legends
6.1 Slayer of Raktabija
6.2 Dakshina Kali
6.3 Smashan Kali
6.4 Maternal Kali
6.5 Mahakali
7 Iconography
7.1 Popular form
7.2 Shiva in Kali iconography
8 Development
9 In New Age and Neopaganism
10 Notes
11 References
12 Further reading
13 External links

Etymology

Kālī is the feminine form of kālam ("black, dark coloured").[3] Kāla primarily means "time" but also means "black" in honor of being the first creation before light itself. Kālī means "the black one" and refers to her being the entity of "time" or "beyond time." Kāli is strongly associated with Shiva, and Shaivas derive the masculine Kāla (an epithet of Shiva) to come from her feminine name. A nineteenth-century Sanskrit dictionary, the Shabdakalpadrum, states: कालः शिवः । तस्य पत्नीति - काली । kālaḥ śivaḥ । tasya patnīti kālī - "Shiva is Kāla, thus, his consort is Kāli" referring to Devi Parvathi being a manifestation of Devi MahaKali.

Other names include Kālarātri ("black night"), as described above, and Kālikā ("relating to time"). Coburn notes that the name Kālī can be used as a proper name, or as a description of color.[4]

Kāli's association with darkness stands in contrast to her consort, Shiva, who manifested after her in creation, and who symbolises the rest of creation after Time is created. In his supreme awareness of Maya, his body is covered by the white ashes of the cremation ground (Sanskrit: śmaśāna) where he meditates, and with which Kāli is also associated, as śmaśāna-kālī.