[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) › c8.2055 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2055 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2055 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2055](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2055) The young Kālī, who was only a small girl then, accompanied by two of her girl companions went to the shores of a river deep in the forests and started practising austerities. In summer she would sit in the midst of Pañcāgni (five fires) and in the rainy season she would sit in water and do penance. The penance lasted for a thousand years. - [Previous: c8.2054](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2054) - [Next: c8.2056](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2056) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2055](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2055) · Pramāṇa