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Latest comment: 18 days ago by ~2026-56880-07 in topic Mundaka Upanishad - Early mention of Kali Goddess
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kali mata

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Is there a reason that the Raja Ravi Verma painting isn't the infobox image? I think it looks a lot better. KnowDeath (talk) 03:21, 16 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 21 October 2025

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The Mount of Goddess Kali has been mentioned as Lion which is incorrect. Lion is the Mount of Goddess Durga. The actual Mount of Goddess Kali is Jackal. Please Change Lion to Jackal. Ssbaidya (talk) 18:17, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. meamemg (talk) 18:41, 21 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Mundaka Upanishad - Early mention of Kali Goddess

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Please include this important source. I do not see it anywhere on this page.

"Devi's epithets synonymous with Durga appear in Upanishadic literature, such as Kali in verse 1.2.4 of the Mundaka Upanishad dated to about the 5th century BCE.[1] This single mention describes Kali as "terrible yet swift as thought", very red and smoky coloured manifestation of the divine with a fire-like flickering tongue, before the text begins presenting its thesis that one must seek self-knowledge and the knowledge of the eternal Brahman.[2]"

This has already been cited in Durga page but not on here, please include it.~2026-56880-07 (talk) 16:11, 24 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

  1. ↑ Rachel Fell McDermott 2001, pp. 162–163.
  2. ↑ Robert Hume (1921). "Mundaka Upanishad". The Thirteen Principal Upanishads. Oxford University Press. pp. 368–377 with verse 1.2.4.