Kalikapurane Murtivinirdesah/edited by Biswanarayan Shastri. New
Delhi, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts with Motilal, 1994, xxxvi, 160
p., ISBN 81-208-1124-0. [Kalamulasastra Series - 9].
Kalikapurane Murtivinirdesah/edited by Biswanarayan Shastri. New
Delhi, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts with Motilal, 1994, xxxvi, 160
p., ISBN 81-208-1124-0. [Kalamulasastra Series - 9].
Contents: Foreword. Introduction. Text and translation: a. Mangala-slokas. b. Introduction of the subject. c. Traditional account of the Kalika Purana. 1. Sandhya. 2. Kama. 3. Kama fixes his arrows. 4. Rati. 5. Vasanta. 6. Yoganidra. 7. Visnumaya. 8. Maragana. 9. Trinity : Brahma, Visnu and Siva. 10. Sanaiscara. 11. Rajayaksman. 12. Visnu (Purusottama). 13. Varaha. 14. Varahagana. 15. Sarabha (Girisa). 16. Sarabhagana. 17. Prthivi, the mother earth. 18. Vasudeva. 19. Madhava. 20. Matsya. 21. Kapali Bhairava (Mahabhairava). 22. Kali (Kamakhya). 23. Kali (daughter of Himalaya). 24. Kama's assistant. 25. Haramohana (enchanting of Hara). 26. Madana-bhasma. 27. Mahadeva. 28. Uma's Srngara. 29. Uma in penance. 30. Parvati with dishevelled cloth. 31. Ardhanarisvara. 32. Skanda and Visakha. 33. Kapalin (Siva). 34. Five-faced Hara. 35. Sadyojata, Vamadeva, Aghora, Tatpurusa, Isana. 36. Siva. 37. Ambika. 38. Mahamaya, Kamakhya, Malini. 39. Mahisa-mardini. 40. Bhadrakali. 41. Ugracanda. 42. Gauri. 43. Matangi. 44. Ugratara or Ekajata. 45. Ugratara. 46. Tara (Camunda). 47. Kausiki. 48. Sivaduti. 49. Five-faced Siva. 50. Manobhavaguha (Kamakhya). 51. Siddhakamesvari (Kamakhya). 52. Kamesvari (Kamakhya). 53. Tripura (Adya Murti). 54. Tripura (Dvitiya Murti). 55. Tripura (Trtiya Murti). 56. Tripura-bhairavi. 57. Tripurabala. 58. Sukla-tripura (Sarasvati). 59. Mahamaya. 60. Kamesvara. 61. Karala Ksetrapala. 62. Kambala-batuka. 63. Pandunatha (Bhairava). 64. Pandunatha. 65. Ganesa. 66. Dvarapala Ganesas. 67. Lauhitya. 68. Siddhesvari. 69. Jalpisa (Siva). 70. Mahavrsa (Siva). 71. Bhaskara (The Sun). 72. Candra (Sasin). 73. Mangala. 74. Budha. 75. Guru (Brhaspati). 76. Sukra. 77. Sani (Saturn). 78. Rahu. 79. Ketu. 80. Hayagriva. 81. Sivalinga. 82. Indra. 83. Nirrti. 84. Urvasi. 85. Agnivetala. 86. Yama. 87. Dikkaravasini (Tiksnakanta). 88. Dikkaravasini (Lalitakanta). 89. Brahma. 90. Dadhi-vamana. 91. Vasudeva and his group. 92. Balabhadra. 93. Kama. 94. Aniruddha. 95. Narayana. 96. Brahma. 97. Visnu. 98. Narasimha. 99. Varaha. 100. Colour of Vasudeva Cakra deities and their weapons. 101. Visvaksena. 102. Rebhanta. 103. Yonimudra. 104. Panikacchapika. Pathavimarsa (Textual notes). Vimarsa (notes). Bibliography. Slokanukramanika.
"Kalikapurane Murtivinirdesah, ninth in the series of the Kalamulasastra programme, is a compilation of about 550 verses from the Kalika Purana which give physical description of a number of Gods, Goddesses, and Demi-Gods, etc. While some of them are simply conceptual, others are represented in stone and metallic sculptures.
The Kalika Purana is an important Upa-purana, which has been quoted as an authority by the Smrti digest writers (nibandhakaras) from almost all over India. The Kalika Purana, a work of late ninth or early tenth century A.D. was compiled in ancient Assam (Kamarupa) to glorify and provide ritual procedure of worshipping the mother Goddess Kamakhya. The Kalika Purana mainly describes the different manifestations of the Goddess, gives their iconographic details, mounts and weapons, and describes icons of some deities that were installed in Kamarupa. All the verses dealing with the deities scattered in different chapters of the Kalika Purana are compiled deity-wise to give a complete picture. A faithful English translation of the Sanskrit verses is given side by side." (jacket)