Samhara Kali is the chief goddess of Tantric texts.

No doubt she is invoked to put an end to bad and evil, but there have been times when she has been invoked by wrong people as well and she has helped them.





She is the Goddess that has the power to destruct the whole world to bring back balance, if it is lost.

KALI GODDESS. Kali – The Fearful Goddess. Kali - Hindu Goddess who liberates souls. Her research and teaching interests revolve around two...



There is only one extreme thing about her – if Parvati comes in her Kali Avatar, it is impossible for her to differentiate between good and bad.

Apart from that, it is also kept to protect yourself and your energies from being influenced by those that are neither beneficial nor good enough for you.Bhairavi Sharma is an author of three novels on Amazon.

There is no association with Shiva.In spite of her seemingly terrible form, Kali Ma is often considered the kindest and most loving of all the Hindu goddesses, as she is regarded by her devotees as the Mother of the whole Universe. Each arm usually holds an object and these can include a sword, dagger, trident, cup, drum, chakra, lotus bud, whip, noose, bell, and shield. Maa Kali wears a garland of skulls and a skirt of dismembered arms because the ego arises out of identification with the body. Oh Kāli, whoever on Tuesday at midnight, having uttered Thy mantra, makes offering even but once with devotion to Thee of a hair of his Shakti [his energy/female companion] in the cremation-ground, becomes a great poet, a Lord of the earth, and ever goes mounted upon an elephant.The Tantric approach to Kāli is to display courage by confronting her on cremation grounds in the dead of night, despite her terrible appearance.

Kali, sandstone relief from Bheraghat, near Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh state, India, 10th century

Therefore interpreting the dreams in the right perspective can help gather some intuitive messages. Re-assuming after Dissolution Thine own form, dark and formless, Thou alone remainest as One ineffable and inconceivable. A common interpretation is that Shiva symbolizes A tantric interpretation sees Shiva as consciousness and Kali as power or energy.


One version relates when the warrior goddess Durga, who had ten arms each carrying a weapon and who rode a lion or tiger in In another version of the goddess’ birth, Kali appeared when Parvati shed her dark skin which then became Kali, hence one of her names is Kaushika (the Sheath), whilst Parvati is left as Gauri (the Fair One).

You may have heard that the Bindu is the central point of the whole Universe. As th… The sword signifies divine knowledge and the human head signifies human ego which must be slain by divine knowledge in order to attain She has a garland consisting of human heads, variously enumerated at She is often depicted naked which symbolizes her being beyond the covering of Kali is depicted in the Mahakali form as having ten heads, ten arms, and ten legs.

She is divine. An explanation of Mother Kali's picture. Considering the kind of power she has, Kali Yantra has been created. Buddhist Goddesses of India, page 340, 426

Cure Mantras. She is the most powerful form of According to David Kinsley, Kāli is first mentioned in Hindu tradition as a distinct goddess around 600 AD, and these texts "usually place her on the periphery of Hindu society or on the battlefield.

Her hair is shown disheveled, small fangs sometimes protrude out of her mouth, and her tongue is lolling. She is especially known in her Destroyer aspect, squatting over her dead consort, Shiva, devouring his entrails while her yoni sexually devours his lingam, penis.Kali the dark mother is “ She is often portrayed standing or dancing on her husband, the god Worshipped throughout India but particularly in Kashmir, Kerala, South India,

This was because many years previously Shiva had swallowed halahala, the poison which had risen from the churning of the ocean during the creation and which had threatened to pollute the world.

Kali is the embodiment of Mother Nature, who cleanses away the old with natural storms and …

Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism, page 146.Shaw, Miranda. The closest way of direct worship is Maha Kali or सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थसाधिके । शरण्ये त्र्यम्बके गौरि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥Sarvamagalamāgalyē śivē sarvārthasādhikē.

The gods decided to work together and combine all of their Another famous story involving Kali is her escapade with a band of thieves. Kali's most common four armed iconographic image shows each hand carrying variously a Khadga (crescent-shaped sword or a giant sickle), a Two of these hands (usually the left) are holding a sword and a severed head. Kali Ma goddess, called the “Dark Mother,” is the Hindu goddess of creation, preservation, and goddess of destruction. By combining with the poison still held in Shiva’s throat, Parvati was transformed into Kali. She assumed the form of a powerful goddess and became popular with the composition of the Devi Mahatmya, a text of the 5th - 6th century AD. The goddess is particularly worshipped in eastern and southern India and specifically in Ass…

This is because Kali likes devotees who have childlike qualities in them.Kali is often shown standing with her right foot on Shiva's chest. Kali (black), or Kali Ma (the Black Mother) is the Terrible Hindu War Goddess (or Devi) of time, crime, death, destruction and doomesday who demands bloody sacrifice of both animals and humans. Here she is depicted as having born from the brow of Goddess Durga during one of her battles with the evil forces. She responded by jumping down Shiva’s throat.





In contrast, the Bengali devotee adopts the attitude of a child, coming to love her unreservedly.

As Samhara Kali she gives death and liberation.