Hymns to the Goddess and Hymns to Kali Motilal Banarsidass Bija (algebraical elements) and Ksetra

Bija (algebraical elements) and Ksetra (held or figure)

But despite that

Preface Mantra is the key to Yoga in the deeper sense and to awakening a higher intelligence within us

Bhattacharya

and the pouring forth of forms from the various parts of the body of an anthropomorphically conceived deity

Hymns to the Goddess and Hymns to Kali Motilal Banarsidass Bija (algebraical elements) and KsetraThe hymns to the Devi in this volume (introduced by a stotra to Her Spouse, the Kalabhairava) are taken from the Tantra, Purana, Mahabharata, and Sankaracarya, who was "the incarnation of devotion" (bhaktavatara) as well as a great philosopher; a fact which is sometimes ignored by those who do not wish to be reminded that he, whose speculative genius they extol, was also the protagonist of the so called "idolatrous Hinduism." As his great example