32 forms of Kali

Viknesh · 2025-02-04T08:45:56+00:00

Hi I heard Gurugaru did the sadhana of the 32 forms of Kalis, what are the 32 kalis? Which scripture are these 32 kalis mentioned?

32 forms of Kali

nilasara

https://www.kamakotimandali.com/2021/03/28/the-twenty-eight-forms-of-guhyakali/ Gurugaru was known as the man who knew 70 million mantras too.

I myself have not heard of 32 forms of Kali. At Manblunder they have 9 forms of Guhyakali.

But:

Of course in her Sahasranama she has a thousand names? Are these not a thousand forms?

deviupasaka

Viknesh

Śrī Mātre Namaḥ,

Among so many published Tantric texts in some Indian languages (many are out of print) only some authors are actual upasakas who have given the knowledge about deities, their mantras, yantras etc. from experience while many are academicians who translated texts from Sanskrit into other languages.

Getting information about the upasana of a Avadhuta like Gurugaru is impossible. Even if you get it how sure you are the information is accurate?

Guruji also said somewhere that a guru is needed to understand the hidden meaning in Tantras.

Viknesh

deviupasaka

Noted, it just raised my curiosity when I was reading the post about gurugaru life story when Devipuram posted he mastered the Vidya of 32 Kalis in Kashi. Hence, asked for knowledge

deviupasaka

Viknesh

Yes, understood but if you are serious about seeing 32 forms, you can catch hold of one Kālī and get siddhi and force her to show you all the 32 forms. That is how all the great upasakas did including Ramakrishna Paramahansa.

nilasara

Okay, as I thought more about it it occured to me that that's the number of Nityas for Lalita and Mahakali combined. This is what you are looking for. The forms of the Red and Black Goddesses are equivalent in the sense that waxing or waning the tithis of the moon reflect partial light except for the full and new moons. The full moon is Shodashi, and the new moon is Mahakali. If you look for the tithis or nityas you will see I believe what you are looking for including mantras and sadhanas.