Guest guest Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kali The Goddess Kali, (1770) by Richard B. Godfrey (1728 - N/A); from LACMA Devanagari काली Affiliation Devi , Mahavidya , Matrika Abode Cremation grounds Mantra Om Krîm Kâlyai namaḥ ,Om Kapâlinaye Namah,Om Hrim Shrim KrimParameshvari Kalike Svaha Weapon Sword Consort Shiva Mount Jackal Planet Mars This box: view • talk • edit Kali redirects here. See Kali (disambiguation) for other uses. Not to be confused with Kali (demon), the personification of Kali Yuga Kali, also known as Kalika (Bengali: কালী, Kâlî / কালিকা Kâlîkâ ; Sanskrit: काली), is a Hindu goddess associated with death and destruction. Despite her negative connotations, she is not actually the goddess of death, but rather of Time and Change. Although sometimes presented as black and violent, her earliest incarnation as a figure of annihilation still has some influence. More complex Tantric beliefs sometimes extend her role so far as to be the "Ultimate Reality" or Brahman. She is also revered as Bhavatarini (lit. "redeemer of the universe"). Comparatively recent devotional movements largely conceive Kali as a benevolent mother-goddess. Kali is portrayed as a Goddess of death and heart ripping violence in the movie "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". Kali is represented as the consort of god Shiva, on whose body she is often seen standing. She is associated with many other Hindu goddesses like Durga, Bhadrakali, Sati, Rudrani, Parvati and Chamunda. She is the foremost among the Dasa-Mahavidyas, ten fierce Tantric goddesses.[1] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 My mother once told me of seeing a small child wading in the shallow waters at the the mouth of the Russian river in northern California. As she watched a large shark swam into the estuary and began to swim towards the young child. The childs mother seeing the shark leapt to her feet and right before the shark was able to attack her baby she grabbed it by the tail and threw in onto the beach! This was witnessed by more than one person. Took place in the early nineteen fifties on " driftwood beach " . This wasnt a small shark about six feet plus according to my mother and must have been quite heavy and muscular. This is the Kali I speak of. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 That picure reminds me of the dream I had a week or so ago with all those bodiless heads lying around my childhood home. I didn't see Kali herself there though. There was the clown's head under the chair that was on the disturbing side since it appeared alive. The dream even had the dead person lying there which at first I thought was my mom, but afterwards figured it was me, since I do look a lot like my mom when she was my age. The picture made my tummy go topsy turvy. Linda , " chrism " <> wrote: > > From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kali [The Goddess Kali, > (1770) by Richard B. Godfrey (1728 - N/A); from LACMA] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kali_Devi.jpg> > The Goddess Kali, (1770) by Richard B. Godfrey (1728 - N/A); from LACMA > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LACMA> Devanagari काली > Affiliation Devi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devi> , Mahavidya > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahavidya> , Matrika > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrika> Abode Cremation grounds Mantra > Om Krîm Kâlyai namaḥ , > Om Kapâlinaye Namah, > Om Hrim Shrim Krim > Parameshvari Kalike Svaha Weapon Sword Consort Shiva > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva> Mount Jackal Planet Mars This > box: view <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Hdeity_infobox> • > talk <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Hdeity_infobox> • > edit > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? title=Template:Hdeity_infobox & actio\ > n=edit> Kali redirects here. See Kali (disambiguation) > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_%28disambiguation%29> for other > uses. Not to be confused with Kali (demon) > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_%28demon%29> , the personification of > Kali Yuga > Kali, also known as Kalika (Bengali > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali> : কালী, Kâlî / > কালিকা Kâlîkâ ; Sanskrit > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit> : काली), is a Hindu > goddess <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devi> associated with death and > destruction. Despite her negative connotations, she is not actually the > goddess of death, but rather of Time and Change. Although sometimes > presented as black and violent, her earliest incarnation as a figure of > annihilation still has some influence. More complex Tantric > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantric> beliefs sometimes extend her > role so far as to be the " Ultimate Reality " or Brahman > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman> . She is also revered as > Bhavatarini (lit. " redeemer of the universe " ). Comparatively recent > devotional movements largely conceive Kali as a benevolent > mother-goddess <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_goddess> . Kali is > portrayed as a Goddess of death and heart ripping violence in the movie > " Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Temple_of_Doom> " . > > Kali is represented as the consort of god Shiva > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva> , on whose body she is often seen > standing. She is associated with many other Hindu goddesses like Durga > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga> , Bhadrakali > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhadrakali> , Sati > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakshayani> , Rudrani > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudrani> , Parvati > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati> and Chamunda > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamunda> . She is the foremost among the > Dasa-Mahavidyas <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahavidya> , ten fierce > Tantric goddesses.[1] > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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