Chinna-masta
Pantheon: Hindu Tantric
Classification: Devi
Meaning whose head was cut off
Culture :Indus Valley Bengel, India
In Tantrism she hold her own in one hand and heads mouth
opens to receive the blood the spurts from the gaping neck
Abode Cremation ground
Weapon khatri
– scimitar
Consort Shiva
as Kabandha o
is a Hindu goddess (Devi). She is one of the Mahavidyas, ten
goddesses from the esoteric tradition of Tantra, and a ferocious aspect of
Parvati, the Hindu Mother goddess. The self-decapitated nude goddess, usually
standing or seated on a divine copulating couple, holds her own severed head in
one hand and a scimitar in another. Three jets of blood spurt out of her
bleeding neck and are drunk by her severed head and two attendants.
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