This figure is attended by the Dakinis and once emerged from the forehead of the goddess Durga.
The Mundaka Upanishad refers to this figure as the first of the seven tongues of Agni. This figure is attended by the Dakinis and once emerged from the forehead of the goddess Durga. To prevent the demon Raktavira from creating many small versions of himself, this figure licked drops of his blood while slaying him. Often depicted standing over the dead body of Shiva, her consort, for ten points name this Hindu goddess worshipped by the Thugee, who wears a belt of human skulls and represents darkness and violence.
The Mundaka Upanishad refers to this figure as the first of the seven tongues of Agni.
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