- like Vatuk-Bhairava are
depicted wearing the
mundamala.
Other fierce forms of
Shiva wearing the
mundamalas include Virabhadra,
Gajasurasamhara ("Slayer...
-
Narasimha is
described to have
arisen from Chhinnamasta. A
similar list in
Mundamala Tantra (pre-16th century)
equates Chhinnamasta with the
avatar Parashurama...
- Sanskrit: खड्गमाला, "Garland of the Sword".
Mundamala (also
called Kapalamala or Rundamala) - The
mundamala is a
garland of
severed human heads and/or...
-
Chamunda is
described as
wearing a
garland of
severed heads or
skulls (
Mundamala). She is
described as
having four, eight, ten or
twelve arms, holding...
- Matangi, and Kamala.
Texts such as Guhydtiguhya-tantra, Todala-tantra, and
Mundamala-tantra
compare the ten
Mahavidyas to the ten
avatars of Vishnu. According...
-
Malla cut off the
heads of the
invading Pathan soldiers, made a
garland (
mundamala) and
offered it as a gift to the demon-destroying Maa Mrinmayidevi. He...
-
named as the
ninth Mahavidya. A list
contained within the
prose of the
Mundamala equates Vishnu's ten
avatars with the ten Mahavidyas. The
Buddha is equated...
-
Matsya is
described as
arising from Dhumavati. A
similar list in the
Mundamala equates Dhumavati with Vamana. In a
story from the
Shakta Maha-Bhagavata...
-
coloured Chamunda is
described as
wearing a
garland of
severed heads (
Mundamala) and
holding a
Damaru (drum),
trishula (trident),
sword and Panapatra...
-
cranberry garland Rope
garland Tinsel garland Vine
garland Balloon garland Mundamala –
Garland of
severed heads or skulls,
found in
Hindu and
Tibetan Buddhist...
