Bas-relief
of
Mahakali, the terrible form of
Parvati,
at
Wihaan Sadet Pho Phra Siwa
in
Bangkok
(fig.).
She is
here portrayed subduing
Shiva, having
ten arms and ten legs, as well as ten heads
(fig.),
all with protruding tongues (fig.).
She wears a garland of cut off human heads and in one
hand she holds the severed head of a giant.
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