Parashiva, the highest aspect of Shiva in the Hindu religion. Goddess of destruction. Shown wearing the mundamala, a necklace of human skulls. Parachiven. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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