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Kali

Also called: Kalika, Dakshina Kali

The fierce goddess of Bengal, shown standing on a prostrate Shiva; declared here only as a stub for the folk record in which Shiva is a corpse without her power, and for the Howrah dance that plays the scene.

Sources: Kali — Wikipedia; Kali rises in the East · see Kali's web

Relations 1

Kali consort of

Shiva (God) Shakta · Shiva under Kali's feet
Bengal reads Shiva as shava, a corpse, without Shakti.

Stories 1

Shiva under Kali's feet
In stone and bronze · as the goddess standing on Shiva · 1 telling

Cited

Kali — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Kali rises in the East Scholarly