Chhinnamasta - deals Tantra tantric painting - Giclee on canvas

Tantric painting - watercolor painting from Rajasthan

High Resolution scan of a painting I own. Retouched from original.
Giclee print on canvas

8" x 10" with 2" extra border - total 12" x 14"

12" x 15" with 2" extra border - 16" x 19" - Larger sizes available upon request

original is about 8" x 10"

Tantra/Tantric is the name scholars give to an inter-religious spiritual movement that arose in medieval India in the fifth century.
Expressed in scriptures Tantras impacted every major Asian religion extant in the early medieval period: thus Shaivism, Buddhism,
Vaishnavism, and Jainism all developed a Tantric dimension.

Tantric art is a complex Hindu mythological depiction of deities and also consists of a complex symbolic cosmology of signs.
All this makes this art highly intriguing and appealing to the senses.

Chhinnamasta is a Hindu goddess (Devi). She is one of the Mahavidyas, ten goddesses from the esoteric tradition of Tantra, and a ferocious aspect of Parvati, the Hindu Mother goddess. The self-decapitated nude goddess, usually standing or seated on a divine copulating couple, holds her own severed head in one hand and a scimitar in another. Three jets of blood spurt out of her bleeding neck and are drunk by her severed head and two attendants.
Chhinnamasta is a goddess of deals contradictions. She symbolises both aspects of Devi: a life-giver and a life-taker. She is considered both a symbol of sexual self-control and an embodiment of sexual energy, depending upon interpretation. She represents death, temporality, and destruction as well as life, immortality, and recreation. The goddess conveys spiritual self-realization and the awakening of the kundalini – spiritual energy. The legends of Chhinnamasta emphasise her self-sacrifice – sometimes coupled with a maternal element – sexual dominance, and self-destructive fury.
The head is celebrated as a mark of identity as well as source of the seed. Thus, the self-decapitation represents removal of maya (illusion or delusion), physical attachment, false notions, ignorance, and egoism. The scimitar also signifies severance of these obstacles to moksha (emancipation), jnana (wisdom), and self-realization. The goddess also denotes discriminating perception. Chhinnamasta allows the devotee to gain a consciousness that transcends the bonds of physical attachment, the body, and the mind by her self-sacrifice. One interpretation suggests that her three eyes represent the sun, the moon, and fire while another links the third eye to transcendental knowledge. Unlike other Hindu deities who are depicted facing the devotee, Chhinnamasta generally looks at herself, prompting the devotee to look within him- or herself.

The ability to remain alive despite the beheading is associated with supernatural powers and the awakening of the kundalini.

Original available:

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