1986, David R. Kinsley,Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition, published1988,page122:
Kālī is Śiva's "other" wife, as it were, provoking him and encouraging him in his mad, antisocial, often disruptive habits. It is neverKālī who tames Śiva but Śiva who must becalmKālī.
2000, Sanjukta Gupta, “27: The Worship ofKālī According to the Toḑala Tantra”, in David Gordon White, editor,Tantra in Practice, published2001,page463:
To many Hindu Bengalis,Kālī is the most important divinity. Identified with the great Goddess, Devi Bhagavati, she subsumes all other goddesses.
2011, June McDaniel, “2:Kali: Goddess of Life, Death, and Transcendence”, in Patricia Monaghan, editor,Goddesses in World Culture, volume 1,page26:
A popular form ofKali worshiped in Calcutta is Adya Shakti Kali, orKali as primordial power. Adya Shakti Kali is also present in some tantras, especially theMahanirvana Tantra. Because she devours Kala or Time, she isKali, the original form of all things, and because she is the origin and devourer of all things, she is called Adya Kali.
A femalegiven name from Sanskrit used especially in India.
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