X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4544b89857190019 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-10 06:57:41 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!12.110.140.11!not-for-mail From: "DynoGuru" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Many-armed Hindu Goddess? Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 09:57:33 -0500 Lines: 117 Message-ID: References: <3c3cb1e9$0$37097$bbae4d71@news.net-link.net> Reply-To: "DynoGuru" NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.110.140.11 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1010674660 28393536 12.110.140.11 (16 [22765]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:13603 You are right most part except the hand part... Kali has more than 4 hands and more than one head http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/southasiacenter/Newsletter/99Spring/Kali.gif http://libbagillum.com/webphotos/kali2.jpg is a more subtle version. http://www.anywitchway.com/Statues/kali.jpg http://games.world.co.uk/shades/inshades/pics/kali.jpg http://www.people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/tasvir/kali.jpg http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/comp/kali.jpg But I have also seen 4 hand and single head versions of her. Kali is the most popular Godess/Deity and workshipped by Hindus! obascii: ------- AUM - Image Converted! _ _MMm. de. " ._m, 7MMmMMMMMF~ (MMMMMme 7VV"' .___. @T"'`79m _MMMMMMm, M] .MT` 9Mm _eM:_gMMMMp _M; .M. MMMMTMMMMT9ME M) Mp _Wt _Mm. (E .M) _M, _Mm. Jm .dE /Ma MMp _Mm__aMM% _Mm, _MMD 9MMMMT 9MMAJ__JMMMM` `9@MMMMT' HTH "Zotiel" wrote in message news:3c3cb1e9$0$37097$bbae4d71@news.net-link.net... > I am butting into this, and I did not get a chance to see if there were any > more replies... I am the Head Builder on a mud & recently got a request to > add in Kali. I did a BIT of research on her (and only her, not Shiva or > Ganeesha) Kali does have 4 arms...her is a short desc... > > "Her idol is black besmeared with blood; she has red eyes, four arms with > blood-stained hands, matted hair huge fang-like teeth, and a protruding > tongue that drips with blood. She wears a necklace of skulls, earrings of > corpses, and is girdled with serpents. In one hand she has a scimitar, in > another the head of a demon which she holds by his hair, the third hand is > spread flatly open bestowing a blessing and in the fourth she holds another > weapon, usually a spear." > > ________ __ ___ > /\_____ \ /\ \__ __ /\_ \ > \/____// / ___ \ \ _\ /\_\ ___ \//\ \ > // / / __`\\ \ \/ \/\ \ / __`\ \ \ \ > // /_____ /\ \_\ \\ \ \_ \ \ \ /\ __/ \_\ \_ > /\_______\\ \____/ \ \__\ \ \_\\ \____\ /\____\ > \/_______/ \/___/ \/__/ \/_/ \/____/ \/____/ > Dark Haven's Master of Edifice zotiel@net-link.NOT > > P.S. if ya wanna check out a smaller mud go to bb3.betterbox.net:7100 > > Anonymous wrote in message > news:a11662$63o$1@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk... > > > > Bill Taylor wrote in message ... > > >I forget her name... not Kali, is it? > > > > No; you're thinking of Shiva. > > > > >Has anyone got an ascii pic of her? > > > > > >TIA > > > > > >Here is someone else's Ganeesha... > > > > > > _.!._ > > > /O*@*O\ > > > <\@(_)@/> > > > ,;, .--;` `;--. , > > > O@O_ / |d b| \ _hnn > > > | `/ \ | | / \` | > > > &&&& :##;\ /;##; &&&& > > > | \ / `##/| |##' \ / | > > > \ %%%%` > > `._|_ \ | |' / _|_.' > > > _/ / \ \ \ \ > > > / (\( `. `-._&&&& > > > ( ()##. o`--.._`\-) > > > `-():`##########'()()() > > > /:::::/()`Y`()\:::::\ > > > \::::( () | () )::::/ > > > `"""`\().'.()/'"""` > > > > That's really good - who did that one ? > > > > -- > > Graeme Porter > > > > -^-_ _ > > / [_][_]_:_ Proud owner of a 1978 > > /| _||_ v Pearl Fiberglass Shell kit > > | / \ | > > -=/=\\____//=\=jaa > > > > > > > >