Kali Sahasranama (Talk 1) ”Kali of Cremation Ground” etc.

Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali) given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram, with a discussion of names 1 through 7 from verse 1.

śmaśāna-kālikā kālī bhadra-kālī kapālinī |
guhya-kālī mahā-kālī kuru-kullā-virodhinī |1|

1. Śmaśāna-Kālikā – She who is the Kali of the cremation ground
   2. Kālī – She who is dark
   3. Bhadra-Kālī – She who is the auspicious Kali
   4. Kapālinī – She who holds a skull
   5. Guhya-Kālī – She who is the hidden/secret Kali
   6. Mahā-Kālī – She who is the great Kali
   8. Kuru-kullā-virodhinī – She who confronts adversaries