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| In ], '''mundamala''' ({{Lang-sa|मुण्डमाला}}, muṇḍamālā) or '''kapalamala''' is a garland of severed human heads and/or skulls. | In ], '''mundamala''' ({{Lang-sa|मुण्डमाला}}, muṇḍamālā) or '''kapalamala''' is a garland of severed human heads and/or skulls. | ||
| The mundamala is often found in the iconography of the ], a group of ten fearsome Tantric goddesses.<ref>Kinsley p. 63</ref> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
| * {{Cite book|last=Kinsley|first=David R.|title=Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine: The Ten Mahāvidyās|year=1997|publisher=University of California Press.|isbn=978-0-520-20499-7 |
* {{Cite book|last=Kinsley|first=David R.|title=Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine: The Ten Mahāvidyās|year=1997|publisher=University of California Press.|isbn=978-0-520-20499-7}} | ||
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In Hindu iconography, mundamala (Template:Lang-sa, muṇḍamālā) or kapalamala is a garland of severed human heads and/or skulls.
The mundamala is often found in the iconography of the Mahavidyas, a group of ten fearsome Tantric goddesses.
References
- Kinsley, David R. (1997). Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine: The Ten Mahāvidyās. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-20499-7.
- Kinsley p. 63