Kali: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
David Kinsley, The Sword and the Flute: Kālī and Krṣṇạ: Dark Visions of the Terrible and the Sublime in Hindu Mythology, 2nd ed. (2000); Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition (1986, reissued 1997); and Rachel Fell McDermott and Jeffrey J. Kripal (eds.), Encountering Kali: In the Margins, at the Center, in the West (2003), are good introductions to traditions associated with Kali.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: IndiaNetzone - Goddess Kali. | Jan 13, 2026 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Oct 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Today - Kali. | Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Kali, Untamed Goddess Power and Unleashed Sexuality: A Study of the ?Kalika Purana? of Bengal. | Jul 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mythology.net - Kali. | Feb 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learn Religions - Kali: The Dark Mother Goddess in Hinduism. | Oct 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Kali. | Jul 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Kali: Fierce Goddess for Our Age. | Apr 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - When Kalki the Destroyer Descends, the Apocalypse Begins. | Jan 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Kali. | Aug 26, 2022 | ||
| Article revised. | May 05, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - The Goddess Kali. | Jan 13, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Society - Kali. | Nov 07, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: ILoveIndia.com - Kali. | Jul 26, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Goddess Kali. | Jul 26, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 21, 2007 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Sep 21, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | May 10, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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