Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c19.68

v3.c19.68

Mahākālī is jet black in colour and has tusks in her mouth. Her eyes are distended and the waist is thin. She carries in her four hands the khaḍga, kheṭaka, pātra and kapāla. She wears on her head a garland of skulls. Or, she is black in colour resembling the rain-cloud and has a stout body and eight arms. In her hands are held the chakra, śaṅkha, gadā, a pitcher, a pestle, aṅkuśa, pāśa and vajra.