Kali Sahashranam: She Who Knows Knowledge

Satsang by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Goddess Kali). 

In this class Swamiji discusses names 185 through 194 from verses 26 and 27 (given below). vidyā-dharī vasumatī yakṣiṇī yogini jarā | rākṣaśī dakini veda -mayī veda-vibhūṣaṇā |26| 181. Vidyā-dharī– She who holds knowledge 182. Vasumatī– She who is wealth 183. Yakṣiṇī– She who is a Yakshi/ who guards wealth 184. Yogini– She who is in union 185. Jarā– She who is elderly 186. Rākṣaśī– She who is a demon 187. Dakini– She who is a Dakini 188. Veda-mayī – She who is the Vedas 189. Veda-vibhūṣaṇā – She who is decorated by the Vedas śrutiḥ smṛtir-mahā-vidyā guhya-vidyā purātanī | cintyā-cintyā svadhā svāhā nidrā tandrā ca pārvatī |27| 190. Śrutiḥ– She who is what is heard (Vedas) 191. Smṛtiḥ - She who is what is remembered 192. Mahā-vidyā– She who is the great knowledge 193. Guhya-vidyā– She who is hidden knowledge 194. Purātanī– She who is ancient 195. Cintyā – She who is thinkable 196. Acintyā– She who is unthinkable 197. Svadhā– She who is the the mantra “svadhā” 198. Svāhā– She who is the mantra “svāhā” 199. Nidrā– She who is sleep 200. Tandrā – She who is half awake 201. Pārvatī– She who is the daughter of the mountain