Guest guest Posted April 4, 2005 Report Posted April 4, 2005 Why are they diff. when their functions are similar. Quote
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 What is the difference between mother, maa, amma, mummy, mere, madre, mago, ammi, ....... Similarly Durga, Kali, Jagdambe, Gauri, Shakti.... Hope this helps! Quote
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2005 Report Posted April 6, 2005 i think the difference is just a degree of destruction....where durga is a destruction on an individual level, kali is on a grander level... durga is the destruction of the misery. i think she also represents destruction of one person during war, whereas kali is the association with a battlefield where many lay dead. this is purely mythological, but i think philosophically, it is just a matter of degree. Kali is a more destructiove force than Durga. Quote
maadhav Posted April 7, 2005 Report Posted April 7, 2005 kali is very ugly and nacked. Durga is beatiful and well dressed and armed. Quote
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2005 Report Posted April 7, 2005 That is a very strange way of describing a mother goddess when she took that appearance to get rid of very demonic creatures just like her husband Shiva who took all the poison from sea curdling. When you are dealing with demonic creature you need a fearsome appearance, as the saying in Hindi goes LATON KE BHOOT BATON SE NAHIN MANTE HEIN Quote
Rajashekhar Posted April 7, 2005 Report Posted April 7, 2005 [kali is very ugly and nacked. Durga is beatiful and well dressed and armed.] So OK, go ahead and like Kali more if you like her more than Durga. Quote
Ganeshprasad Posted April 7, 2005 Report Posted April 7, 2005 Jai Ganesh Read Markand puran and you will see The Shakti appears in many different forms to kill the demons who also expanded in thousand of forms. Jai Shree Krishna Quote
Ganeshprasad Posted April 7, 2005 Report Posted April 7, 2005 Jai Ganesh Pranam Madhav Re (kali is very ugly and nacked. Durga is beatiful and well dressed and armed.) Sorry madhav she appears Bhaiankar to the Asura, but she is always pleasing and beautiful to the devotees. Jai Shree Krishna Quote
sporkubus Posted April 8, 2005 Report Posted April 8, 2005 Seems to me, Kali is destruction when it is most painful, the destruction of desires that bring wholesome and pleasing results within our limited perspective, but things that are nonetheless barriers to achieving moksha; Durga is the destruction of painful and unpleasant things, which is why she is depicted as much more pleasing to the eye. Quote
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