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Mundamala (Sanskrit: मुण्डमाला, IAST: Muṇḍamālā), also called kapalamala or rundamala, is a garland of severed Asura heads and/or skulls, in Hindu iconography...

Narasimha is described to have arisen from Chhinnamasta. A similar list in Mundamala Tantra (pre-16th century) equates Chhinnamasta with the avatar Parashurama...

Malla cut off the heads of the invading Pathan soldiers, made a garland (mundamala) and offered it as a gift to the demon-destroying Maa Mrinmayidevi. He...

cranberry garland Rope garland Tinsel garland Vine garland Balloon garland Mundamala - Garland of severed heads or skulls, found in Hindu and Tibetan Buddhist...

Chamunda is described as wearing a garland of severed heads or skulls (Mundamala). She is described as having four, eight, ten or twelve arms, holding...

Sanskrit: खड्गमाला, "Garland of the Sword". Mundamala (also called Kapalamala or Rundamala) - The mundamala is a garland of severed human heads and/or...

Matangi, and Kamala. Texts such as Guhydtiguhya-tantra, Todala-tantra, and Mundamala-tantra compare the ten Mahavidyas to the ten avatars of Vishnu. According...

Chamunda is described as wearing a garland of severed heads or skulls (Mundamala). Kedareshwara Temple, Hoysaleswara Temple, Chennakeshava Temple, Lakshminarayana...

Matsya is described as arising from Dhumavati. A similar list in the Mundamala equates Dhumavati with Vamana. In a story from the Shakta Maha-Bhagavata...

Kāmākhyā/Kubjika, Tārā and Others), Śrīkula tradition Varahi Tantra Shakta Agamas Muṇḍamālā tantra Toḍala tantra Cāmuṇḍa tantra Devīyāmala Mādhavakula Yonigahavara...

Hoysala, is described as wearing a garland of severed heads or skulls (Mundamala). She is described as having four, eight, ten, or twelve arms, holding...

Chamunda is described as wearing a garland of severed heads or skulls (Mundamala) and holding a Damaru (drum), trishula (trident), sword and pānapātra...

named as the ninth Mahavidya. A list contained within the prose of the Mundamala equates Vishnu's ten avatars with the ten Mahavidyas. The Buddha is equated...

iconographically represented by a 'garland of severed heads or skulls' (Sanskrit: Mundamala). Beer (1999: pp. 277–278) relates how Padmasambhava received the siddhi...

superstructures: shikhara (tapering superstructure of discrete squares), mundamala (temple without superstructure, literally, garland with shaved head),...

sanctum's outside has "beautifully carved tiara" and "exceedingly elegant mundamala", states Dhaky. The sanctum doorframes and pilasters from porch onwards...

Chamunda is described as wearing a garland of severed heads or skulls (Mundamala). Kedareshwara Temple, Hoysaleswara Temple, Chennakeshava Temple, Lakshminarayana...

and the skulls or heads of others may hang from their belt or neck as a mundamala or skull garland. There may also be skulls in their crown. The foundation...