Kali Sahashranama (Talk 6): "The Dark One" etc.

Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali) given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram, with a discussion of names 34 through 43 from verse 6.

kumārī kulajā kṛṣṇā kṛṣṇa-dehā kṛśo-dārā |
kṛśāṁgī kuliśāṁgī ca krīṁ-kārī kamala kalā || 6 ||

34. Kumārī – She who is a young girl
35. Kulajā – She who is well born
36. Kṛṣṇā– She who is dark
37. Kṛṣṇa-dehā – She who has a dark body
38. Kṛśo-dārā – She who has a thin waist (holds all action)
39. Kṛśāṁgī – She who has a thin body
40. Kuliśāṁgī – She whose body is like a lightning bolt
41. Krīṁ-kārī – She is the sound “Kring”
42. Kamala– She who is a lotus (Lakshmi)
43. Kalā – She who is art