A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s4.12

c13.s4.12

with his *triśūla* [trident] he has transfixed one victim, who, writhing on its prongs, seems to supplicate pity from the pitiless; while he holds another by the heels with one of his left hands, raising the *damru* [small drum] as if to rattle it in joy, while he catches the blood with which to quench his demon thirst. To add to the elements of horror, Kālī, gaunt and grim, stretches her skeleton length below, with huge