卡利/塔拉 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	卡利/塔拉
品名（英）	Kali/ Tara
入馆年号	2018年，2018.292
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Calcutta Art Studio
创作年份	公元 1885 - 公元 1890
创作地区
分类	印刷品（Prints）
尺寸	图像 (不包含 text): 11 3/8 × 15 1/2 英寸 (28.9 × 39.4 厘米) 页: 12 × 16 英寸 (30.5 × 40.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	Mahavidyas是伟大女神（mahadevi）的密宗表现，类似于毗湿奴的十个化身，是湿婆能量Shakti的化身。两个场景占据了床单，左边是可怕的四臂卡莉，穿着断臂裙子，头上戴着花环，站在湿婆的两面，一个棕色皮肤的尸体，第二个，白色皮肤，她似乎在性结合。在马哈维迪亚密宗传统中，卡利是"时间的吞噬者"。构图的右侧被塔拉占据，看起来很像卡莉，戴着头骨的王冠和花环，腰间戴着湿婆的虎皮。她还践踏了一个俯卧的湿婆，躺在燃烧的柴堆中。在马哈维迪亚密宗传统中，度母是一位向导和保护者，他提供终极知识，从而提供救赎。两人都挥舞着血淋淋的切肉刀，分别拿着被砍下的头和头骨。马哈维迪亚人在孟加拉特别受人尊敬。
介绍（英）	The Mahavidyas are tantric manifestations of the great goddess (mahadevi), analogous to the ten avatars of Vishnu, and are personifications of Shakti, Shiva’s energy. Two scenes occupy the sheet, on the left the fearful four-armed Kali, wearing a skirt of severed arms and garlanded with severed heads, standing astride two appearances of Shiva, one brown-skinned corpse-like and the second, white skinned, with whom she appears to be in sexual union. Within the Mahavidya tantric tradition, Kali is the “Devourer of Time”. The right side of the composition is occupied by Tara and appears much like Kali, with a diadem and garland of skulls and Shiva’s tiger skin worn around her waist. She also tramples a prone Shiva, here lying amidst a charnel ground with blazing pyres. Within the Mahavidya tantric tradition Tara is a guide and protector who offers the ultimate knowledge and hence salvation. Both wield bloody cleavers and hold a severed head and skull respectively. The Mahavidyas are particularly venerated in Bengal.