mahakali granite south india late vijayanagar style 17 century ad fierce godess associated with death seated with foot on head o
mahakali granite south india late vijayanagar style 17 century ad fierce godess associated with death seated with foot on head of victim four arms hold noose double headed drum short trident small scull cup wears long skirt deep necklace tall headdress with flames expression stern two fangs from mouth Sanskrit Devanagari Great Kali Hindu Goddess consort Shiva basis Reality feminized Mahakala Great Time Death God Shiva Hinduism. honorific mythology Puranic Tantric Shastra Adi-Shakti Primeval Force Universe Ultimate Reality Brahman Prakriti Purusha Consciousness three manifestations Mahadevi Gunas attributes Samkhya philosophy Tamas force inertia. Durga Saptashati Chandi Path Devi Mahatmya Greatness Markandeya Purana core text Shaktism branch Mahasaraswati Mahalakshmi Mahakali indian iconographic image hand carrying sword trishul trident severed head bowl skull-cup kapala catching blood severed head. eyes intoxication absolute rage, hair disheveled beads Japa Mala rosary repetition MantrasDevanagari
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