Yoginī
🔱 Kāpālinī Yoginī – The Skull-Bearer 🕉️ Name & Meaning Kāpālinī comes from Kapāla = skull Means “She who carries the skull” Symbol of death, detachment, and transcendence 🌑 Form & Appearance Kāpālinī is depicted as: Dark or ash-smeared body Holding a human skull (kapāla) as a bowl Wearing a garland of skulls or bones Sometimes nude or clothed in animal skin Eyes blazing, posture fearless 👉 This isn’t horror imagery — it’s Tantric symbolism. 🔥 Symbolism (Very Important) Skull = ego destroyed Ashes = impermanence of body Nudity = freedom from social illusion Cremation ground setting = end of fear Kāpālinī teaches: > “You are not the body. You are not fear. You are consciousness.” ⚔️ Powers & Siddhis In Tantric texts, she grants: Fearlessness in death and crisis Mastery over bhūtas, pretas, and energies Detachment from desire and greed Protection from black magic and psychic attack ⚠️ This was not casual worship. Only initiated sādhakas approached her. 🧘 Connection wi...