The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c25.15
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c25.15
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c25.15
Brahmakapāla, or the Brahmaśiraḥ, is the severed head of Brahmā who is credited with four faces with grey beards in all of them and the crown of matted hair. The Buddhist gods, carrying triumphantly the severed head of Brahmā, display the aversion of the Buddhists towards the Hindus, as well as, the superiority of their gods to the gods of the alien faith.