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Kalakarshini Conqueror and/or Destroyer of Time


2. Karali Tremendously Terrific one
3. Kalyani Bestower of Peace and Happiness
4. Kalavati Possessor of all the (64) Arts
5. Kamala Who enjoys and is herself enjoyed
6. Kalidarpaghni Destructress of Pride
7. Kapardisha-kripanvita Kind and Devoted to Him with the Matted Hair (Shiva)
8. Kalika Devourer of him who Devours (Shiva), the goddess of the Kalika Purana
9. Kalamata Mother and Destructress of Time
10. Kalanala-samadyuti Brilliant as the Fires of the final Dissolution
11. Kapardini Lover of Him with the Matted Hair (Shiva)
12. Karalasya Thou of Formidable Countenance with Teeth like Fangs
13. Karunamrita-sagara Ocean of the Nectar of Compassion
14. Kripamayi Truly Merciful
15. Kripadhara Vessel of Compassion
16. Kripapara Whose Mercy is without Limit
17. Kripagama Attainable Only by Her Compassion
18. Krishanu Thou Art Fire
19. Kapila Tawny-colored One
20. Krishna Black of hue as is Krishna
21. Krishnananda-vivardhini Who Increases Joy and Bliss of Krishna
22. Kalaratri Night of Darkness
23. Kamarupa Thou Who Art the Form of Desire
24. Kamapasa-vimocini Liberator from the Bonds of Desire
25. Kadambini Dark as a bank of rain-clouds
26. Kaladhara Bearer of the Crescent Moon and all Female Energy
27. Kalikalmasa-nasini Destructress of Evil
28. Kumari-pujanaprita Pleased by the Worship of Virgin-Girls
29. Kumari-pujakalaya Refuge of all Virgin-Worshippers
30. Kumari-bhojanananda Pleased by the Feasts and Gifts to the Virgins
31. Kumari-rupadharini Who is in the Form of a Virgin
32. Kadamba-vanasamcara Wanderer in the Kadamba-Forest
33. Kadamba-pushpasantosa Taking Delight in the Kadamba-Flowers
34. Kadamba-vanavasini Who lives in the Kadamba-Forest
35. Kadamba-pushpamalini Wearing a Garland of Kadamba-Flowers
36. Kishori Thou Who Art Ever Youthful
37. Kalakanthi With a soft and Deep-throated Voice
38. Kalanada-ninadini Sweet as the Chakravaka-Bird
39. Kadambari-panarata Who drinks the Kadamba-Flower Wine
40. Kadambari-priya Excited and Pleased with the Kadamba-Wine
41. Kapalapatra-nirata Drinking from a Skull-Cup
42. Kamkalamalya-dharini Wearing a Garland of Bones
43. Kamalasana-santushta Lover of the Lotus Flower
44. Kamalasana-vasini Delighted to be Seated within the Lotus
45. Kamalalaya-madhyastha Abiding in the Center of the Lotus
46. Kamalamoda-modini Pleased and Intoxicated by the Scent of Lotus
47. Kalahamsa-gati Moving and Swaying as a Swan
48. Klaibyanasini Destroying all Fears
49. Kamarupini Assuming any Form She Desires
50. Kamarupa-kritavasa Who Lives in the place of Sexual Desire
51. Kamapitha-vilasini Playing at the Kamakhya Pitha
52. Kamaniya Beautiful One
53. Kalpalata Creeper who Provides every Desire
54. Kamaniya-vibhushana Beauty is Thy Ornament
55. Kamaniya-gunaradhya Adorable Image of all Tenderness
56. Komalamgi Delicate and Tender-Bodied
57. Krishodari Slender of Waist
58. Karanamrita-santosha Pleased with the Nectar of Purified Wine
59. Karanananda-siddhida Giver of Success to those Who Enjoy that Wine
60. Karanananda-japeshta Deity of those who Worship with Wine
61. Karanarcana-harshita Glad to be Worshipped with Purified Wine
62. Karanarnava-sammagma Immersed in an Ocean of Wine
63. Karanavrata-palini Protecting those Who Perform Ritual with Wine
64. Kasturi-saurabhamoda Gladdened by the Scent of Musk
65. Kasturi-tilakojjvala Luminous One with a Mark of Musk on Her Forehead
66. Kasturi-pujanarata Excited by Worship with Musk
67. Kasturi-pujakapriya Loving those Who Worship Her with Musk
68. Kasturi-dahajanani Mother of those who Burn Musk as Incense
69. Kasturim-rigatoshini Who is fond of the Musk-Deer
70. Kasturi-bhojanaprita Who is pleased to Eat Musk of the Musk-Deer
71. Karpuramoda-modita Whom the Scent of Camphor Gladdens
72. Karpura-malabharana Adorned with Garlands of Camphor
73. Karpura-candanakshita Body Painted with Camphor and Sandal-Paste
74. Karpura-karanahlada Pleased with Purified Wine flavored with Camphor
75. Karpuramrita-payini Drinker of Nectar Flavored with Camphor
76. Karpura-sagarasnata Bathing in the Ocean of Camphor
77. Karpura-sagaralaya At Home in the Ocean of Camphor
78. Kurchabija-japaprita Pleased by Worship with the mantra 'hum'
79. Kurchajapa-parayayana Threatening and Conquering Demons with 'hum'
80. Kulina Embodiment of the Kula teachings
81. Kaulika-radhya Adored by Kula Tantrics
82. Kaulika-priyakarini Benefactress of the Kula
83. Kulacara Observant of the Kulacara
84. Kantukini Joyous One
85. Kulamarga-pradarshini Revealing the Kula-Path to Seekers
86. Kasishvari Queen of the Sacred City (Benares, i.e. Varanasi)
87. Kashtahartri Allayer of all Suffering
88. Kasishvara-dayini Giver of Blessings to the Lord of Varanasi (Shiva)
89. Kasishvara-kritamoda Giver of Pleasures to the Lord of Varanasi
90. Kasishvara-manorama Beloved of Shiva Who Overwhelms His Mind
91. Kalamanjira-carana Whose Toe-bells Sound Sweet Melodies
92. Kvanatkanci-vibhusana Whose Girdle-bells Tinkle Ever so Sweet
93. Kancanadri-kritagara Residing in the Golden Mountain (Meru)
94. Kancanacala-kaumudi Shining Moon-Beam on the Mountain of Gold
95. Kamabija-japananda Excited to Hear 'klim' (mantra of sexual union)
96. Kamabija-svarupini Embodiment of the mantra 'klim'
97. Kumatighni Destructress of all Evil Inclinations
98. Kulinarti-nasini Destructress of the Kula's Afflictions
99. Kulakamini Lady of the Kula
100. Kalakantaka-ghatini Destructress of the Fear of Death
https://ru.scribd.com/document/278257121/Art-of-Tantra-Philip-Rawson

Here is a translation of the Tantrik Hymn to Kali from the Mahanirvana Tantra, which
illustrates how many aspects of the Goddess are combined in the Indian imagination. They
hymn itself is called "the own form of the Supreme Goddess of Time". Every description
begins with the letter K, the Goddess's own seed sound, but it is impossible to reproduce
this effect in English. The hymn begins and ends with three great mantras.

HRIM [a mantra combining the sounds that evoke Lord Siva (H), fire (R), the great Weaver
of illusory worlds (I), the sounds which generates all others (M), and the ungraspable
ultimate point] O conqueror of Time: SRIM [the mantra of the Goddess-form of Good
Fortune] O tremendous one: KRIM, O Kind giver of peace, gifted with all the arts [You are]
the lotus-flower smashing the pride of this degenerate age; devoted to [Siva] which the
matted hair, devourer of that Devouring Time, you are bright as the fires that consume the
Universe. Wife of [Siva] with the matted hair, your teeth are fangs, but you are [also] the
nectar-ocean of compassion; your whole nature is compassion, compassion without limit,
compassion that gives access to yourself. You are fire, female deity of flame; your black
body increases the bliss of the Black Lord [Krisna], and as the very form of Desire you
liberate from the bonds of desire. Like a bank of cloud you sustain all the female energies
of the Universe, and blot out the evil of our degenerate age; pleased by the worship of
girls, you are the refuge of those who worship them, and take delight in the sweet offerings
they are given [in shell baskets, when the soles of their fee have been painted pink]. You
wander in the Kadamba forest [as the Gopis whom lord Krisna loved] and enjoy the
[brilliant yellow] flowers of the Dadamba trees [that surround the place of gems] in which
you live, wearing Kadamba flowers [over your years]. You are young, deep-throated with a
voice that resounds [with the battle mantra]. Excited with Kadamba-flower wine, drinking
from a skull and wearing a garland of bones, you delight to sit on the lotus [emblem of the
unfolding worlds] at the center of which you belong, intoxicated with the lotus-fragrance.
You move swaying like a swan, destroying all fear. Formed as Desire, you live in the place
of [sexual] Desire and play there as [Kundalini in the Muladhara cakra]. You are the
creeper whose fruit satisfies every wish, hung with those [fruits which are] rich ornaments.
Adorable image [and evocation] of tenderness, you r body is delicate and small-belied.
You take pleasure in the nectar of pure wine, and give success to those who [in the Tantrik
ritual] enjoy this wine [whose name also means the Ultimate Cause of every effect]. You
are the chosen one of those who perform japa when high on causality-wine, pleased when
it is used in the worship, immersed in this wine-ocean, you protect those who perform
rituals with wine. The fragrance of musk gladdens you, your forehead is marked with its
[saffron yellow]; used in puja musk excites you, and you love those, who worship you with
it. You are a mother to those who burn musk-incense; you love musk deer and swallow
with pleasure their [aphrodisiac] musk. The scent of [another aphrodisiac] camphor
gladdens you, and you wear garlands made of it; your body is all smeared with paste of
camphor and [fragrant] sandalwood [powder]. You relish wine flavored with camphor, you
bathe in an ocean of camphor, and it is your natural home. You are pleased at recitation of
the powerful mantra HUM, which you yourself utter [when conquering demons]. Lady of
[noble] Kula family, Kula-Tantrikas adore you, and you reward them, you follow the Kula
path yourself, and eagerly point out the path to its followers. Queen of Siva’s sacred city
[Banaras], soother of suffering, you give Siva what he chooses, give him delight, and
overwhelm his mind with pleasure. The bell-rings on your toes jingle as you move, and you
wear a belt of tinkling bells. You live on the Golden Mountain Meru, and you are the
moonbeam that shines upon it. You are enthralled by recitation of the mantra [of sexual
union] KLIM, for it is your own self. You abolish all the evil intentions and the afflictions of
Kula-Tantrikas. Lady of the Kulas, you destroy the fear of death with these three mantras
KRIM HRIM SRIM.

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