Kalika Purana

The Kalika Purana (Sanskrit: कालिकापुराणम्, Kālikā Purāṇa), also called the Kali Purana, Sati Purana or Kalika Tantra, is one of the eighteen minor Puranas (Upapurana) in the Shaktism tradition of Hinduism.^[1]^[2]^[3] The text was likely composed in Assam or Cooch Behar^[4] region of India and is attributed to the sage Markandeya. It exists in many versions, variously organized in 90 to 93 chapters. The surviving versions of the text are unusual in that they start abruptly and follow a format not found in either the major or minor Purana-genre mythical texts of Hinduism.^[1] Various types of animal sacrifices for devi are detailed in the Purana.

^ ^a ^b Rocher (1986), pp. 179–183.
^ Dalal (2010), p. 187.
^ Hazra (2003), p. 280.
^ (Rosati 2017, p. 5): "This story is recounted also in the Kālikāpurāṇa—the earliest text devoted to the worship of Kāmākhyā, probably compiled no later than the tenth–eleventh century in a region between Assam and Koch Bihar (a district of West Bengal)."

[FOOTNOTERocher1986179–183-1] Rocher (1986), pp. 179–183.

[FOOTNOTEDalal2010187-2] Dalal (2010), p. 187.

[FOOTNOTEHazra2003280-3] Hazra (2003), p. 280.

[4] (Rosati 2017, p. 5): "This story is recounted also in the Kālikāpurāṇa—the earliest text devoted to the worship of Kāmākhyā, probably compiled no later than the tenth–eleventh century in a region between Assam and Koch Bihar (a district of West Bengal)."

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