Shiva-Parvati (Iconography)
author: Thomas Eugene Donaldson
edition: 2007, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1201
ISBN-10: 8124603596
ISBN-13: 9788124603598
Topic: Shilpashastra
Guhyakali
This chapter describes Guhyakali located on page 96 in the book Shiva-Parvati and Allied Images (Their Iconography and Body Language). This book deals with the study of sculptures of Shiva-Parvati and other images such as the Murtis of Anugraha, Umamaheshvara and Umasahita as well as the mythological background of the deities represents by those sculptures. The two volumes contain over 700 images dedicated to the study of postures and body language of various sculptures, the sculptor’s technique.. This chapter is part of the collection Mythological Background: Umamahesvara-murti.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Guhyakali” according to 3 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Varahi Tantra (English Study) [by Roberta Pamio]
There are then given the mantra for the offering of bali to the Goddess, the mantra of the asana of Guhyakali and the long mantra (malamantra) of Varahi, which bestows all the siddhis....
Read full contents: Chapter 13 - Mantras and Yantras (mystical diagrams)
The Devi Bhagavata Purana [by Swami Vijnanananda]
The great place of Shri Guhya Kali, well established in Nepal, and that of Shri Minakshi Devi established in Cidamvaram. The great place named Vedaranya where the Sundari Devi is residing; then the place named Ekamvaram, and the place Bhuvaneshvara near Purushottama where I always dwell as Para Shakti Bhuvaneshvari. The famous place of Mahalasa, known in the south by the name Mallari; the place of Yogeshvari Varat, and the widely known place of Nila Sharasvati in China....
Read full contents: Chapter 38 - The Vows and the Sacred Places of the Devi
Shakti and Shakta [by John Woodroffe]
So too is Guhyakali who as the first is Ekavaktramahapashupatishi advaitabhavasampanna and as the second Dashavaktra. So the Kularnava says Shabdabrahmaparamabrahmabhedena Brahmano dvaividhyam uktam (Khanda V, Ullasa I)....
Read full contents: Chapter IV - Tantra Shastra and Veda
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[Shiva-Parvati (Iconography): index]
[About the Author (Thomas Eugene Donaldson)]
[Introduction]