In most stories, she sullies the body of Shiva during a crazed dance over the corpses of her enemies, after which she stuck out her tongue in horror.
One of this figure's names closely resembles that of a major Dharmapala in Vajrayana Buddhism, which possibly stems from the representation of intertia, Tamas, linked with this figure . Ahead of Tara and Tripura Sundari, this deity is foremost of the Mahavidyas, or aspects of Devi. Associated with the number 108 when depicted as Dasa, she wielded the Khatvanga while battling Raktabija, after which she may have encountered an infant who evoked her maternal aspect. In most stories, she sullies the body of Shiva during a crazed dance over the corpses of her enemies, after which she stuck out her tongue in horror. FTP, identify this Hindu goddess, an aspect of Parvati, whose association with the thuggee cult may have led to her image in the West as a bloodthirsty goddess of death and destruction.
One of this figure's names closely resembles that of a major Dharmapala in Vajrayana Buddhism, which possibly stems from the representation of intertia, Tamas, linked with this figure .
{Kali} (accept {Mahakali})