{"product_id":"kali-bhaskar-bora-9798250378673","title":"Kali: The Tantric Goddess of Time and Liberation: Text, Metaphysics, Ritual, and the Architecture of Radical Freedom","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bhaskar Bora\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798250378673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.07d","brand":"Bhaskar Bora","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997516345599,"sku":"9798250378673","price":21.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kali-bhaskar-bora-9798250378673","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}