Showing posts with label tara. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tara. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The many faces of Kali



Chamunda from Eastern India - 11th to 12th Century AD



Tara - 10th Century found at Sarnath




Kali - 9th Century found at Nolamba. Check out the teeth!




Kali Post Gupta period - 7th to 8th Century AD found in Madhya Pradesh

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Shakti in other lands


· Harappa: Seal No.279: Human figure with a foot on a buffalo’s nose, grasping a horn with one hand and thrusting a spear into its back.

· Nubia: Temple of Nagar – Goddess slaughtering a demon, with her raised sword, a lion in the background, a snake symbol over her head and winged angels above.

· Japan: Juneiti Kannon or cundi and Juntei Butsubo – the mother of millions of Buddhas – Sapta koti buddha matri.

· Tibet: She is called Dolma Do'ma, As to when her cult exactly developed is unknown. The Chinese pilgrim Huan Tsang who visited the north Indian region between AD 633 and 645 reports describing, a Tolo image in a temple near Nalanda Buddhist University to which the general population was particularly devoted.

· China: The cosmic union, is represented by the square in circle MANDALA, shown in YAB-YUM union

· Europe: Ireland: Tara - Pre-Vedic Savior Goddess, known from India to IrelandFrance: Nude female holding a buffalo horn in her upraised hand dating from 28000 BC found at Dordogne.Durga/Kali (death) among whose followers were the thugs - as Sara-Kali she was worshipped by gypsies in France as the Black Virgin or Virgin Mary..

· Israel: Shekina the Jewish Cabalistic version of the Hindu Shakti, who when joined to Her male counterpart forms the perpetual cosmic union the star of David which is the Tantric mandala of Shiva (the upward pointing triangle) and Shakti (the downward pointing triangle). The concept of Shekina appears in the medieval ages associated with the celebration of the Shabat.