[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) › c7.1813 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1813 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1813 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1813](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1813) (viii) The colour of Kālindī is black. Kāma (Cupid) shot arrows of flower at Śiva, who was lamenting over the death of Satī, and he (Śiva) thus excited to a condition of insanity jumped into Kālindī with the result that its water turned black in colour. (Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 6 and also see under Yamunā). - [Previous: c7.1812](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1812) - [Next: c7.1814](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1814) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Vāmanapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vamana.6) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1813](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1813) · Pramāṇa