Kali

Kālī stands at the centre of one of the most daring theological developments in Hindu philosophy.Far beyond the popular image of a fearsome goddess adorned with skulls, she represents a profound articulation of time, dissolution, sovereignty, and liberation within Śākta and Tantric traditions.In this sustained and text-grounded study, Dr Bhaskar Bora explores Kālī's emergence from the Devī Māhātmya through the Kālikā Purāṇa and later Tantric systems, examining: - The evolution of fierce goddess theology<BR>- Ritual sacrifice and sacred kingship in Assam's Śākta landscape<BR>- Cremation-ground symbolism and mortality consciousness<BR>- Nondual metaphysics and the identity of time (kāla) with the Goddess<BR>- Liberation reframed as structural recognition within consciousnessBringing together scripture, ritual analysis, historical development, and philosophical inquiry, this book restores depth to a figure too often misunderstood.Kālī is not merely a goddess of destruction.<BR>She is a theology of time.<BR>She is a grammar of radical freedom.