May 28th, 2016
Kali Sahashranama (Talk 9): “The Man-lion” 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 61 through 64 from verse 9.
māheśvarī ca cāmuṇdā vārāhī nārasiṁhikā |
vajrāṅgī vajrakaṅkālī nṛmuṇdasragviṇī śivā |9|
- Māheśvarī – She who is Shiva, the great controller
- Cāmuṇdā– She who beheaded Chanda and Munda
- 63. Vārāhī – She who has the form of boar
- Nārasiṁhikā – She who has the form of a man-lion