{"product_id":"kali-the-tantric-goddess-of-time-and-liberation-text-metaphysics-ritual-and-the-architecture-of-radical-freedom-9798250378673","title":"Kali: The Tantric Goddess of Time and Liberation: Text, Metaphysics, Ritual, and the Architecture of Radical Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bhaskar Bora\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Occultism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKālī stands at the centre of one of the most daring theological developments in Hindu philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar beyond the popular image of a fearsome goddess adorned with skulls, she represents a profound articulation of time, dissolution, sovereignty, and liberation within Śākta and Tantric traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this sustained and text-grounded study, Dr Bhaskar Bora explores Kālī's emergence from the \u003ci\u003eDevī Māhātmya\u003c\/i\u003e through the \u003ci\u003eKālikā Purāṇa\u003c\/i\u003e and later Tantric systems, examining: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The evolution of fierce goddess theology\u003cbr\u003e- Ritual sacrifice and sacred kingship in Assam's Śākta landscape\u003cbr\u003e- Cremation-ground symbolism and mortality consciousness\u003cbr\u003e- Nondual metaphysics and the identity of time (kāla) with the Goddess\u003cbr\u003e- Liberation reframed as structural recognition within consciousness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together scripture, ritual analysis, historical development, and philosophical inquiry, this book restores depth to a figure too often misunderstood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKālī is not merely a goddess of destruction.\u003cbr\u003eShe is a theology of time.\u003cbr\u003eShe is a grammar of radical freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47568575725719,"sku":"9798250378673","price":1847.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798250378673.webp?v=1774869377","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/kali-the-tantric-goddess-of-time-and-liberation-text-metaphysics-ritual-and-the-architecture-of-radical-freedom-9798250378673","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}