1842, American Oriental Society, Journal of the American Oriental Society, page 4
When apprehended, he had about his person a pious formula of commination, which may be reproduced in these words: “Close the mouth of the tale-bearers, chew up the back-biters, trample out the wicked, exterminatrix of our foes. Slay the English; reduce them to dust, Mother Chaṇḍí. Let not the enemies escape, or their children, destructive lady. Protect Sʻankara; keep thy slave. Hearken to the cry of the humble. Victory to Mother Hálaká! Eat up the impure; delay not, Mother. This moment, speedily, devour our foes, O Káliká.”⁴
1846, The English Review, volume V (March–June), page 266
The prince bishop caused on this occasion the side chapel of his cathedral to be restored, before the crucifix of which the acts of the Council were signed; and the municipality caused a lofty marble column with the statue of the virgin, the “exterminatrix of heresies”, to be erected in front of the church of Sta. Maria Maggiore, in which the Council held its sittings.
1881, Bernard Henry Becker, Disturbed Ireland: letters written during the winter of 1880–81, page 57
It is therefore probable that she is somewhat less of an exterminatrix than the exasperated people represent her to be. In their eyes, however, she is guilty of the unpardonable crime of insisting upon her rent being paid.
