Kalika-Purana

Kalika-Purana

The Kalika-Purana (composed c10th century in "Kamarupa" (modern Assam) is one of the 18 Upapuranas. It is an important work which has been quoted as an authority by smriti digest writers from all over India. The Upapurana contains 98 chapters with about 9000 stenzas and is the only work of the series dedicated to recommend the worship of Kalika, the bride of Shiva, in one or other of her manifold forms such as "Giri-ja", "Devi", "Bhadra-Kali", "Kali", and "Mahamaya" etc. It glorifies mother goddess "Kamakhya", and details the ritual procedures in worshiping the goddess. The work belongs, therefore, to the "Sakta" modification of Hindu belief or worship of the female powers of the deities. The Upapurana contains gratuitous material which refers to events and conditions from the remote past, some of which are indeed of historical interest. It is also one of the rare Hindu texts that actually mention the word Hindu.

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* [http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/puranas.htm Contents of 18 Puranas and a list of Upapuranas (lesser Puranas)]


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