Kali Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Origins== Although the word ''{{IAST|KΔlΔ«}}'' appears as early as the [[Atharva Veda]], the first use of it as a proper name is in the ''Kathaka Grhya Sutra'' (19.7).<ref name="Urban">{{cite book | last =Urban | first = Hugh B. | author-link= Hugh Urban | chapter = India's Darkest Heart: Kali in the Colonial Imagination | year = 2003 | editor-last = McDermott | editor-first = Rachel Fell | editor-last2 = Kripal | editor-first2 = Jeffrey J. | title = Encountering Kali: In the Margins, at the Center, in the West | publisher = University of California Press | page = 171 | isbn = 978-0-520-92817-6 }} </ref> Kali originated as a tantric and non-Vedic goddess. Her roots are most probably connected to the Pre-Aryan Period .<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Mohanty |first1=Seema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3KyfCUvoAtoC |title=The Book of Kali |last2=Seema |date=July 2009 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-306764-1 |language=en}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page