Kali Sahashranam: She Who Knows Knowledge

Satsang by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Goddess Kali). 

In this class Swamiji discusses names 185 through 194 from verses 26 and 27 (given below).

vidyā-dharī vasumatī
yakṣiṇī yogini jarā |
rākṣaśī dakini veda
-mayī veda-vibhūṣaṇā |26|

181. Vidyā-dharī– She who holds knowledge
182. Vasumatī– She who is wealth
183. Yakṣiṇī– She who is a Yakshi/ who guards wealth
184. Yogini– She who is in union
185. Jarā– She who is elderly
186. Rākṣaśī– She who is a demon
187. Dakini– She who is a Dakini
188. Veda-mayī – She who is the Vedas
189. Veda-vibhūṣaṇā – She who is decorated by the Vedas

śrutiḥ smṛtir-mahā-vidyā
guhya-vidyā purātanī |
cintyā-cintyā svadhā svāhā
nidrā tandrā ca pārvatī |27|

190. Śrutiḥ– She who is what is heard (Vedas)
191. Smṛtiḥ - She who is what is remembered
192. Mahā-vidyā– She who is the great knowledge
193. Guhya-vidyā– She who is hidden knowledge
194. Purātanī– She who is ancient
195. Cintyā – She who is thinkable
196. Acintyā– She who is unthinkable
197. Svadhā– She who is the the mantra “svadhā”
198. Svāhā– She who is the mantra “svāhā”
199. Nidrā– She who is sleep
200. Tandrā – She who is half awake
201. Pārvatī– She who is the daughter of the mountain