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Kalika Purana, the Glossary

The Kalika Purana (कालिकापुराणम्, Kālikā Purāṇa), also called the Kali Purana, Sati Purana or Kalika Tantra, is one of the eighteen minor Puranas (Upapurana) in the Shaktism tradition of Hinduism.^[1]

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32 relations: Animal sacrifice in Hinduism, Assam, Bengal, Bengali calendars, Cooch Behar district, Devi, Hinduism, India, Kali, Kalidasa, Kamakhya, Kamakhya Temple, Kamarupa, Ludo Rocher, Magha (poet), Markandeya, Menaka, Mleccha, Naraka, Puranas, Ratna Pala, Sati (Hindu goddess), Shaka era, Shakti, Shaktism, Shiva, Tantra, Tirtha (Hinduism), Upapurana, Vamachara, Varanasi, Vishnu.
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Animal sacrifice in Hinduism

The practice of Hindu animal sacrifice is in recent times mostly associated with Shaktism, and in currents of folk Hinduism strongly rooted in local popular or tribal traditions. Kalika Purana and animal sacrifice in Hinduism are animal sacrifice and Shaktism.

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Assam

Assam is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.

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Bengal

Geographical distribution of the Bengali language Bengal (Bôṅgo) or endonym Bangla (Bāṅlā) is a historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal.

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Bengali calendars

The Bengali Calendar or Bangla Calendar (Baṅgābda), colloquially (Baṅgla Śon), is a solar calendar used in the Bengal region of the South Asia.

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Cooch Behar district

Cooch Behar district is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Devi

Devī (Sanskrit: देवी) is the Sanskrit word for 'goddess'; the masculine form is ''deva''.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Kali

Kali (काली), also called Kalika, is a major Hindu goddess associated with time, change, creation, power, destruction and death in Shaktism.

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Kalidasa

Kālidāsa (कालिदास, "Servant of Kali"; 4th–5th century CE) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright.

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Kamakhya

Kamakhya, a mother goddess, is a Shakta Tantric deity; considered to be the embodiment of Kama (desire), she is regarded as the goddess of desire. Kalika Purana and Kamakhya are Shaktism.

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Kamakhya Temple

The Kamakhya Temple at Nilachal hills in Guwahati, Assam is one of the oldest and most revered centres of Tantric practices, dedicated to the goddess Kamakhya.

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Kamarupa

Kamarupa (also called Pragjyotisha or Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa), an early state during the Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, was (along with Davaka) the first historical kingdom of Assam.

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Ludo Rocher

Ludo Rocher (1926–2016) was an eminent Sanskrit scholar, and the W. Norman Brown Professor Emeritus of South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Magha (poet)

Magha (c. 7th century) (माघ) was a Sanskrit poet at King Varmalata's court at Shrimala, the then-capital of Gujarat (presently in Rajasthan state).

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Markandeya

Markandeya (translit) is a rishi (sage) featured in Hindu literature.

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Menaka

Menaka is a apsara (heavenly nymph) in Hindu literature.

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Mleccha

Mleccha (from) is a Sanskrit term, referring to those of an incomprehensible speech, foreign or barbarous invaders as distinguished from the Vedic tribes.

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Naraka

Naraka (नरक) is the realm of hell in Indian religions.

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Puranas

Puranas (पुराण||ancient, old (1995 Edition), Article on Puranas,, page 915) are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore.

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Ratna Pala

Ratna Pala (reigned 920-960) was the son of Brahma Pala in Pala Dynasty (900–1100) of Kamarupa Kingdom.

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Sati (Hindu goddess)

Sati (सती), also known as Dakshayani (Sanskrit: दाक्षायणी, IAST: Dākṣāyaṇī, lit. 'daughter of Daksha'), is the Hindu goddess of marital felicity and longevity, and is worshipped as an aspect of the mother goddess Shakti.

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Shaka era

The Shaka era (IAST: Śaka, Śāka) is a historical Hindu calendar era (year numbering), the epoch (its year zero) of which corresponds to Julian year 78.

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Shakti

Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; 'energy, ability, strength, effort, power, might, capability') in Hinduism, is the "Universal Power" that underlies and sustains all existence. Kalika Purana and Shakti are Shaktism.

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Shaktism

Shaktism (translit-std) is a major Hindu denomination in which the godhead or metaphysical reality is considered metaphorically to be a woman.

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Shiva

Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.

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Tantra

Tantra (lit) is an esoteric yogic tradition that developed on the Indian subcontinent from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards in both Hinduism and Buddhism. Kalika Purana and Tantra are Shaktism.

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Tirtha (Hinduism)

Tirtha (तीर्थ) is a Sanskrit word that means "crossing place, ford", and refers to any place, text or person that is holy.

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Upapurana

The Upapuranas (Sanskrit) are a genre of Hindu religious texts consisting of many compilations differentiated from the Mahapuranas by styling them as secondary Puranas using the prefix Upa (secondary). Kalika Purana and Upapurana are Puranas.

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Vamachara

Vāmācāra (वामाचार) is a tantric term meaning "left-hand path" and is synonymous with the Sanskrit term vāmamārga.

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Varanasi

Varanasi (ISO:,; also Benares, Banaras or Kashi) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.

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Vishnu

Vishnu, also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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See also

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalika_Purana

Also known as Kalika Upapurana, Kalika-Purana, Rudhiradhyaya.