Kali Upanishad
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The Kali Upanishad is a minor Shakta Upanishad of Hinduism that focuses on the goddess Kali, exploring her nature, symbolism, and role as the supreme reality and liberating power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kali Upanishad canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7378403 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kali Upanishad Context triple: [Shakta Upanishads, categoryIncludes, Kali Upanishad]
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Kena Upanishad
The Kena Upanishad is an ancient Sanskrit philosophical text of the Vedic tradition that explores the nature of ultimate reality and consciousness through a series of probing questions about the source of perception and thought.
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Kaushītaki Upanishad
The Kaushītaki Upanishad is an ancient Vedic philosophical text that explores the nature of the self, consciousness, and liberation, and is traditionally associated with the Rigveda.
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Katha Upanishad
Katha Upanishad is an ancient Hindu philosophical scripture, framed as a dialogue between the boy Nachiketa and Yama, the god of death, exploring the nature of the self, death, and ultimate reality.
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Muṇḍaka Upanishad
The Muṇḍaka Upanishad is an ancient Vedic scripture that explores the nature of ultimate reality and the path to spiritual liberation, and is one of the principal Upanishads of Hindu philosophy.
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Śvetāśvatara Upanishad
The Śvetāśvatara Upanishad is a classical Hindu philosophical text that explores the nature of ultimate reality, the self, and the personal god (often identified with Rudra-Śiva), synthesizing early Vedantic and theistic ideas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kali Upanishad Target entity description: The Kali Upanishad is a minor Shakta Upanishad of Hinduism that focuses on the goddess Kali, exploring her nature, symbolism, and role as the supreme reality and liberating power.
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A.
Kena Upanishad
The Kena Upanishad is an ancient Sanskrit philosophical text of the Vedic tradition that explores the nature of ultimate reality and consciousness through a series of probing questions about the source of perception and thought.
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B.
Kaushītaki Upanishad
The Kaushītaki Upanishad is an ancient Vedic philosophical text that explores the nature of the self, consciousness, and liberation, and is traditionally associated with the Rigveda.
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C.
Katha Upanishad
Katha Upanishad is an ancient Hindu philosophical scripture, framed as a dialogue between the boy Nachiketa and Yama, the god of death, exploring the nature of the self, death, and ultimate reality.
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D.
Muṇḍaka Upanishad
The Muṇḍaka Upanishad is an ancient Vedic scripture that explores the nature of ultimate reality and the path to spiritual liberation, and is one of the principal Upanishads of Hindu philosophy.
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E.
Śvetāśvatara Upanishad
The Śvetāśvatara Upanishad is a classical Hindu philosophical text that explores the nature of ultimate reality, the self, and the personal god (often identified with Rudra-Śiva), synthesizing early Vedantic and theistic ideas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakta Upanishad
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Upanishad ⓘ minor Upanishad ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Advaita (non-duality)
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linked to:
Non-dualism (advaya)
Brahman ⓘ Shakti ⓘ bhakti (devotion) ⓘ tantric symbolism ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Shaktism ⓘ |
| centersOn | goddess as ultimate Brahman ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRoleOfKali |
creator
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destroyer ⓘ sustainer ⓘ |
| describes |
nature of goddess Kali
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symbolism of goddess Kali ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
Kali as cosmic power (Shakti)
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identity of individual self with supreme goddess ⓘ |
| focusesOnDeity | Kali ⓘ |
| genre |
mystical text
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theological text ⓘ |
| goalOfPractice |
freedom from bondage
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realization of Kali as self ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| partOf |
Shakta Upanishads corpus
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linked to:
Shakta Upanishads
|
| portraysKaliAs |
source of liberation
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supreme goddess ⓘ ultimate reality ⓘ |
| religiousCategory | Hindu scripture ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
exposition of Kali’s metaphysical nature
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guide to Kali-centered spiritual practice ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Hinduism ⓘ |
| scriptureType |
devotional text
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philosophical text ⓘ |
| subject |
liberation (moksha)
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mantric worship of Kali ⓘ meditation on Kali ⓘ non-dual reality ⓘ |
| teaches |
Kali as liberating power
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Kali as supreme reality ⓘ |
| venerationOf |
Divine Mother
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linked to:
Adi Parashakti
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| worshipForm |
mantra-based worship of Kali
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meditative worship of Kali ⓘ |
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