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Just so pseudo #feminists today know:
The Kalika Purana describes Kali as possessing a soothing dark complexion, as perfectly beautiful, riding a lion, four-armed, holding a sword and blue lotuses, her hair unrestrained, body firm and youthful.
The Kalika Purana describes Kali as possessing a soothing dark complexion, as perfectly beautiful, riding a lion, four-armed, holding a sword and blue lotuses, her hair unrestrained, body firm and youthful.
To those who will err and call Hinduism militant:
Two of these hands (usually the left) are holding a sword and a severed head. The sword signifies divine knowledge and the human head signifies human ego which must be slain by divine knowledge in order to attain moksha.
Two of these hands (usually the left) are holding a sword and a severed head. The sword signifies divine knowledge and the human head signifies human ego which must be slain by divine knowledge in order to attain moksha.
To those who will mistake her appearance:
She is often depicted naked which symbolizes her being beyond the covering of Maya since she is pure (nirguna) being-consciousness-bliss and far above Prakriti.
She is often depicted naked which symbolizes her being beyond the covering of Maya since she is pure (nirguna) being-consciousness-bliss and far above Prakriti.
And to those who think their religions predate Sanatan:
She is shown as very dark as she is Brahman in its supreme unmanifest state. She has no permanent qualities—she will exist even when the universe ends...the concepts of color, light, good, bad, do not apply to her.
She is shown as very dark as she is Brahman in its supreme unmanifest state. She has no permanent qualities—she will exist even when the universe ends...the concepts of color, light, good, bad, do not apply to her.
