Encountering Kali [electronic resource] : in the margins, at the center, in the west
McDermott, Rachel Fell.
Kripal, Jeffrey John.
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
2003.
Encountering Kalõ explores one of the most remarkable divinities the world has seen--the Hindu goddess Kalõ. She is simultaneously understood as a blood-thirsty warrior, a goddess of ritual possession, a Tantric sexual partner, and an all-loving, compassionate Mother.
Description based upon print version of record.
illustrations; acknowledgments; about the chapter silhouettes; notes on transliteration; Introducing Kali Studies; part I: Kal  in the Texts and Contexts of South Asia; part II: Kal  in Western Settings, Western Discourses; appendix: Documentary Film and Video Resources for Teaching on Kal  and Fierce Goddesses; select bibliography; contributors; index
Encountering Kalõ explores one of the most remarkable divinities the world has seen--the Hindu goddess Kalõ. She is simultaneously understood as a blood-thirsty warrior, a goddess of ritual possession, a Tantric sexual partner, and an all-loving, compassionate Mother.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Kālī (Hindu deity)
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
Hinduism