{"product_id":"hymn-to-kali-karpuradi-stotra-to-the-hindu-goddess-incarnation-of-parvati-and-wife-to-shiva-paperback","title":"Hymn to Kali: Karpuradi-Stotra - To the Hindu Goddess, Incarnation of Parvati and Wife to Shiva - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Tyler Woodruffe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArthur Avalon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Hymn to Kali is a famous Hindu verse wherein the religious monarch Daksha initiates a prayer to the Goddess Kali, shortly after he experiences a vision of her as an all-encompassing deity - The One.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of the hymn is accompanied by scholarly commentary, wherein the spiritual and cultural significance of each verse is explained with several paragraphs of informative and insightful narration. The very construction of the poem, the syllabic patterns present, and their significance are also examined, that the reader may learn about the Hindu concepts of being and reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this hymn, Kali is lauded as a manifestation of both Lakshmi and Saraswati - that is, the embodiment of everything, whilst simultaneously a formless whole. Nothing solid, liquid or gaseous is excluded from Her - there is no reality, no state of conceivable being or form, without Kali. She is what is experienced at every point in time, past and present and future, and her location is everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSir John Tyler Woodroffe, writing here under the pseudonym 'Arthur Avalon', has immense knowledge of the Indian religious traditions and of the Sanskrit language. His superb reading of Kali has long been considered one of the West's primary means of understanding this pivotal piece of ancient Hindu lore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 74\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51774884872480,"sku":"9781789871395","price":15.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/694e0639b21bd1e8b5f2967a61eaa3d3.webp?v=1780455899","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hymn-to-kali-karpuradi-stotra-to-the-hindu-goddess-incarnation-of-parvati-and-wife-to-shiva-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}