[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.1753 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1753 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1753 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1753](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1753) KĀLARĀTRI. The Devatā presiding on the night on the eve of death. The fierce aspect of the Devatā is described in the Mahābhārata as follows :— Coal-black in colour, with swollen mouth and eyes and wearing red garlands and clothings—thus appeared the woman (Devatā) presiding over the death-night. With the fierce cord in her hand she drags away the souls of the dead. (Sauptika Parva, Chapter 9). - [Previous: c7.1752](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1752) - [Next: c7.1754](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1754) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1753](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1753) · Pramāṇa