Abstract
In all Indian iconography, there is perhaps a no more recognizable image than that of the goddess Kal. In modern Indian poster art, the goddess is garishly depicted standing on the supine, and apparently lifeless body of the great god Cva, her bright red tongue outstretched and reaching downward the length of her chin. She is adorned with a garland of disembodied heads and holds aloft a bloody weapon in one hand and a dismembered demon’s head in another; both still drip blood. Her darkly colored visage looks brazenly outward; a look of rage plays on her features. This modern representation is largely in accord with what is perhaps the bestknown Sanskrit text describing the goddess, the Dev Mahatmya, which presents Kal as a terrifying and violent figure:
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