Goddess Kali is also known as Kalika Devi, Goddess of Time; ‘kala’ meaning time. It also means ‘black and dark colored’. It also refers to the Lord of Death, Siva the Mahakala, who is ‘eternal time’. Thus his consort, Kali, is also ‘Time’ or death. Kali is the feminine form of kala. It describes that she is time itself or beyond time. In the ‘Shabdakalpadrum’ dictionary is this phrase: ‘kalah sivah tasya patniti kali’ meaning “Shiva is Kala (time) and thus his wife is Kali". As Kalaratri she is ‘black night’ or Kalika ‘relating to time’. It is Rudra-Shiva that destroys creation and Kali is the power or energy on which the Lord Acts. Thus she is Shiva-Shakti without which Shiva could not act. In their ‘kala’ they both assume dark formlessness. In their void they are yet full of potential. Thus she is the power of time which devours all. She has a power that destroys. Behind this awe-inspiring terror is her Motherly Love. Jai Maa Kali.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 05:04:13 +0000
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