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The celestial Defender of Earth is the Hindu goddess Kali, also referred to as Kalika. But due to her destructive prowess, Kali also goes by the name "Dark Mother." The Sanskrit word "Kala," which means time, is the source of the name Kali. She thus stands for Time, Modification, Strength, Creation, Preservation, and Destruction. The feminine noun "Kali" derives from the Sanskrit adjective Kala, which also means "the black one."
She is viewed as a fierce manifestation of Parvati, also known as Durga, who is Lord Shiva's consort. However, she is typically portrayed as fierce in the interpretations. She is the world's mother and the repository of compassion. She is viewed as the primordial substance that gave rise to all life.
The Great Goddess, or ultimate reality, has ten manifestations, or Mahavidyas, the first of which is Kali. Shiva, the Hindu God, who is often depicted lying calmly and prostrating beneath her, is often shown standing or dancing on her. Hindus in all of India, but especially in Bengal, Assam, Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, worship Kali.
The popular four-armed form: She is depicted in popular Indian art as blue or black. Her eyes were said to be red from intoxication and utter rage. Small fangs can occasionally be seen sticking out of her mouth, and she has messy hair and a lolling tongue. She is frequently shown naked or only dressed in a skirt made of human arms and a wreath of human heads. Serpents and a jackal support her as she stands on a serene, prostrate Shiva.
Each of Kali's four arms typically holds a sword, a Trishul (trident), a severed head, and a bowl or skull-cup (kapala) to catch the blood from the severed head in the four-armed iconography of Kali.
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A sword and a severed head are held in two hands, usually the left. The skull represents the human ego, which must be killed by divine knowledge to achieve moksha, and the sword stands for religious knowledge.
The other two hands, typically the right ones, are in the Abhaya (fearlessness) and Varada (blessing) mudras, signifying that she will lead her initiated followers—or anyone else who worships her with a sincere heart—both here and in the afterlife.
She wears a garland of human heads—108 or 51, depending on the source—that symbolises Varnamala or the Devanagari alphabet's garland of letters. According to Hinduism, Sanskrit is a dynamic language, and each letter represents a particular type of energy or Kali. She is frequently referred to as the creator of all languages and mantras.
The Mahakali with ten arms: She is shown to be glistening like a blue stone in this image. She has three eyes for each of her ten heads, ten feet, and ten faces. Each of her ten hands holds different objects, which vary according to other accounts. Still, each symbolises the strength of a different Deva or Hindu God and is frequently their identifying weapon or ritual object. The implication is that Mahakali is in charge of these gods' abilities, which is consistent with the idea that Mahakali and Brahman are the same.
An "ekamukhi," or one-headed image, may be displayed with ten arms even though it does not have ten heads, conveying the same meaning: the abilities of the various Gods are only possible because of Her grace. All of her limbs are decked out with decorations.
Kali responds with a direct power that frequently cuts straight through some prized aspect of our ego attachments when she is invoked by mantras that carry her vibrations. The Kundalini Shakti (the power of spiritual electricity), the Kriya Shakti (the ability to creatively affect the universe), and the Iccha Shakti (the power of will) are her primary weapons. The Kundalini Shakti personally compels our physical movements and actions. At the same time, the Kriya Shakti (the power to creatively affect the universe) causes the galaxies to rush apart into the cosmic night.
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