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Mahābhairava, in prameya bhāva is the word caṇḍa, from pramiti pada is the
word ugra, and from the pramāṇa ground is the word ghora, pointed
towards. As a result, in the śāstras the state of this Parāsaṃvitti has been
adorned with the name Mahābhairavacaṇḍograghorakālī. The self-form of this
Kālakarṣinī Bhagavatī has been stated in the Pañcaśatikatantra in this way:
दशसप्तविसर्गस्था महाभैरिभीषणा।
संहरे द्भैरिान्सिागन्न्िश्िं च सरु पून्ित॥
सान्तः शाम्यतत यस्यां च सा स्याद्भररतभैरिी।
महाभैरिचण्डोग्रघोरकाली परा च सा॥
Daśasaptavisargasthā mahābhairavabhīṣaṇā,
Saṃharedbhairavānsarvānviśvaṃ ca surapūjita.
Sāntaḥ śāmyati yasyāṃ ca sā syādbharitabhairavī,
Mahābhairavacaṇḍograghorakālī parā ca sā.