 Kali is represented as a black woman with four arms ; in one hand she has a sword, in another the head of the giant she has slain, with the other two she is encouraging- her worshippers. For earrings she has two dead bodies...  The Christian Conquest of India - Page 117by J. M. Thoburn - 1906 - 291 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Joseph Wilkins - Gods, Hindu - 1882 - 438 pages
....slain, with the other two she is encouraging her worshippers. For earrings she has two dead bodies ; wears a necklace of skulls ; her only clothing is...mouth. Her eyes are red as those of a drunkard, and her face and breasts are besmeared with blood. She, stands with one foot on the tKIgE7"ahd another on the... | |
 | Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya - Caste - 1896 - 708 pages
...hand the head of the giant she has slain, — with the two others she is encouraging her worshippers. For earrings she has two dead bodies ; she wears a necklace of skulls, her only clothing is a garland made of men's skulls. After her victory over the giants she danced so furiously that the earth... | |
 | Swami Vivekananda - Philosophy - 1897 - 144 pages
...another the head of the giant she has slain ; with the two others she is encouraging her worshippers. For earrings she has two dead bodies ; she wears a...only clothing is a girdle made of dead men's hands. After her victory over the giant, she danced so furiously that the earth trembled beneath her weight.... | |
 | John Murdoch - Christianity and other religions - 1903 - 592 pages
...slain, with the other two she is encouraging her worshippers. For earrings she has two dead bodies ; wears a necklace of skulls ; her only clothing is...dead men's hands, and her tongue protrudes from her month. Her eyes are red as those of a drunkard, and her face and breast are besmeared with blood. She... | |
 | India. Imperial Record Department - Fasts and feasts - 1914 - 140 pages
...head of the giant (named Canda) she has slain, with the other two she is encouraging her worshippers. She wears a necklace of skulls, her only clothing...men's hands, and her tongue protrudes from her mouth. She stands with one foot on the thigh and another on the breast of her husband. This position of Kali... | |
 | Robert Vane Russell - Caste - 1916 - 570 pages
...second the hand of the giant she has slain, and with the two others she is encouraging her worshippers. For earrings she has two dead bodies, she wears a necklace of skulls, and her only clothing is a garland made of men's skulls. In the Kalika Puran 2 the immolation of human... | |
 | John Mandeville Macfie - Hindu mythology - 1924 - 372 pages
...slain, with the other two she is encouraging her worshippers. For ear-rings she has two dead bodies, and wears a necklace of skulls ; her only clothing is a girdle made of dead men's skulls, and her tongue protrudes from her mouth. Her eyes are^red as those of a drunkard, and her face... | |
 | Leonard G. Heldreth, Mary Pharr - Horror tales, American - 1999 - 302 pages
...and fourth hands bless her worshippers. For earrings she has two dead bodies, while around her neck she wears a necklace of skulls. Her only clothing is a girdle made of human hands. Her tongue protrudes from her mouth; her eyes are red; her face and breasts are smeared... | |
 | Manuela Dunn Mascetti - Health & Fitness - 2003 - 116 pages
...to her worshipers. She is adorned with a necklace of skulls and for earrings wears two dead bodies; her only clothing is a girdle made of dead men's hands,...tongue protrudes from her mouth. Her eyes are red, her face and breasts smeared with blood. She stands with one foot on her thigh and the other on the... | |
 | Sunita Pant Bansal - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2005 - 96 pages
...slain, with the other two she is encouraging her worshippers. For earrings she has two dead bodies; wears a necklace of skulls; her only clothing is a...mouth. Her eyes are red as those of a drunkard, and her face and breasts are besmeared with blood. She stands with one foot on the thigh, and another on the... | |
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