The watercolour that you see on this page puts in eloquent detail the iconography of the Mahavidya Tara. She has the charcoal complexion of the beauteous Kali, luscious tresses cascading down Her back like a dynamic aureole as it motions in the wind. The Chaturbhujadharini (‘chatur’ is Sanskrt for four, ‘bhuja’ for arms) wields a bloody sword above Her head, the blood dripping from which lands on Her wrist and the severed head She holds therein. Together with the snake and the numerous bloodied heads strung around Her neck and the girdle of severed arms on Her hips, it makes for a chhavi (image) designed to send shivers down the adharmee’s spine.
The blooming pink lotus in one of Her hands serves to tone down the wrath of Her presence. Between Her feet and the lotus-pedestal on which She stands are the tightly coupled bodies of a man and a woman in intercourse, the disharmony of their position conveyed by the fire raging across that section of the composition.
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