The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1209 page)

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l
kula tradition in contrast to the
r
kula whose followers worship the gentle
ri. The K
l
kula adept or ‘hero’ (v
ra) will follow the ‘left-hand’ path (
v
m
c
ra
), worshipping K
l
in the cremation grounds.
In the 18th and 19th cents. Bengali poets such as R
mpras
d (1718–75) and
Ramakrishna
(1836–86) wrote devotional poems to her as the supreme deity.

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