The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own collection record for its Calcutta Art Studio lithograph diptych of Shorhasi (Shodashi, also called Tripurasundari) and Chinnamosta (Chhinnamasta), one of five sheets depicting the Ten Mahavidyas, describing Chhinnamasta as having cut off her own head and drinking the blood that gushes from her severed neck.
Facts
Citation
PublisherThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/78249
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Tier two: the holding institution's own catalogue record, used here for the print's subjects, iconographic reading and place in the wider five-sheet series. Connections
Associated With
This source names Chhinnamasta directly: "Tripurasundari) and Chinnamosta (Chhinnamasta), one of five sheets depicting the Ten Mahavidyas, describing Chhinnamasta as having cut off her own head and drinking the blood that gushes from her..."
Source Shorhasi/Chinnamosta, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)
This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 12 claims: 8 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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