Kalika Puranam (2 vols.) (Sanskrit text with Hindi translation with Kalyani Hindi Tika)
Kalika Purana is a Upa-Purana , originating within the folds of Shakta and Tantra as they developed in Assam and Bengal; systems of belief in which the goddess is recognized as principal deity and source of universal energy. The text consists of nine-thousand stanzas in ninety-eight chapters, and has been dated to the ...Read more
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Kalika Purana is a Upa-Purana , originating within the folds of Shakta and Tantra as they developed in Assam and Bengal; systems of belief in which the goddess is recognized as principal deity and source of universal energy. The text consists of nine-thousand stanzas in ninety-eight chapters, and has been dated to the 12th century. The work is mainly concerned with describing the worship of the goddess Kali or Kalika; and especially the veneration of Kamakhya, an erotic aspect of the Great Goddess Mahamaya.The text also contains two lists naming several pithas, sacred places of the goddess; lists of 4 such places in one chapter, 7 in another.
Details of Book :-
- Author - Translated and edited by Mrityunjay Tripathi
- Publisher - Navshakti Prakashan
- Language - Hindi
- ISBN - 8187904062
- Binding - Hardbound
- Volumes - 2
- Size - 9 inches x 6 inches
- Pages - 1168
- Weight of book - 1300 grams
