Stotra

ककारादि काली शतनाम स्तोत्रम्

Kakaradi Kali Shatanama Stotram

The name-verses of a traditional Kali hundred-name hymn, arranged through names beginning with the Sanskrit letter ka.

समर्पितमाँ काली
Sacred textPronunciation

karaalavadanaa kaalee kaaminee kamalaa kalaa.kriyaavatee kotaraakshee kaamaakshyaa kaamasundaree (7)

kapaalaa cha karaalaa cha kaalee kaatyaayanee kuhuh.kangkaalaa kaaladamanaa karunaa kamalaarchitaa (8)

kaadambaree kaalaharaa kautukee kaaranapriyaa.krishnaa krishnapriyaa krishnapoojitaa krishnavallabhaa (9)

krishnaaparaajitaa krishnapriyaa cha krishnaroopinee.kaalikaa kaalaraatreeshcha kulajaa kulapanditaa (10)

kuladharmapriyaa kaamaa kaamyakarmavibhooshitaa.kulapriyaa kularataa kuleenaparipoojitaa (11)

kulajnyaa kamalaapoojyaa kailaasanagabhooshitaa.kootajaa keshinee kaamyaa kaamadaa kaamapanditaa (12)

karaalaasyaa cha kandarpakaaminee roopashobhitaa.kolambakaa kolarataa keshinee keshabhooshitaa (13)

keshavasya priyaa kaashaa kaashmeeraa keshavaarchitaa.kaameshvaree kaamaroopaa kaamadaanavibhooshitaa (14)

kaalahantree koormamaansapriyaa koormaadipoojitaa.kolinee karakaakaaraa karakarmanishevinee (15)

katakeshvaramadhyasthaa katakee katakaarchitaa.katapriyaa katarataa katakarmanishevinee (16)

kumaareepoojanarataa kumaareeganasevitaa.kulaachaarapriyaa kaulapriyaa kaulanishevinee (17)

kuleenaa kuladharmajnyaa kulabheetivimardinee.kaaladharmapriyaa kaamyaa nityaa kaamasvaroopinee (18)

kaamaroopaa kaamaharaa kaamamandirapoojitaa.kaamaagaarasvaroopaa cha kaalaakhyaa kaalabhooshitaa (19)

kriyaabhaktirataa kaamyaanaanychaiva kaamadaayinee.kolapushpaambaraa kolaa nikolaa kaalahaantaraa (20)

kaushikee ketakee kuntee kuntalaadivibhooshitaa.ityevn shrinu chaarvanggi rahasyn sarvamanggalam (21)

Source: Sanskrit Wikisource — Kakaradi Kali Shatanama Stotram ↗

Edition, rights and editorial notes

Mundamala Tantra · Kali name hymn

Traditional public-domain hymn; cited Wikisource transcription is CC BY-SA

Verses 7–21 contain the name hymn. The long introduction and benefit section are omitted.

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ककारादि काली शतनाम स्तोत्रम् का अर्थ

The names gather many aspects of Kali: fierce and compassionate, beautiful and time-transcending, linked with regional and Kaula traditions. Some names preserve specialized ritual contexts; this page offers the public praise text, not initiation or ritual instruction.