With her right leg stretched and left leg bent a little, Chhinnamasta stands in a fighting posture on the love-deity couple of Kamadeva ( Kama ) – a symbol of sexual lust – and his wife Rati, who are engrossed in copulation with the latter usually on the top ( viparita-rati sex position ).

The main attraction of the Chhinnamasta ( also known as Chinnamastika ) temple located here is the headless deity of goddess Chinnamasta which stands on the body of Kamdeo and Rati in the lotus bed.

In a story from the Shakta Maha-Bhagavata Purana, which narrates the creation of all Mahavidyas including Chhinnamasta, Sati, the daughter of Daksha and the first wife of the god Shiva, feels insulted that she and Shiva are not invited to Daksha's yagna (" fire sacrifice ") and insists on going there, despite Shiva's protests.

Sometimes, Shiva – the goddess's consort – is depicted lying beneath Chhinnamasta, who is seated squatting on him and copulating with him.

An 18th-century painting of Chhinnamasta, seated squatting on Shiva, in coitus with him.

Images in which Chhinnamasta is depicted sitting on Kamadeva-Rati in a non-suppressive fashion, the couple giving sexual energy to the goddess, and where Shiva is depicted in coitus with Chhinnamasta are associated with the other interpretation.

Kali, Tara, Shodashi, Bhuvaneshvari, Bhairavi, Chhinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi, and Kamala.

Chhinnamasta (,, " She whose head is severed "), often spelled Chinnamasta and also called Chhinnamastika and Prachanda Chandika, is one of the Mahavidyas, ten Tantric goddesses and a ferocious aspect of Devi, the Hindu Divine Mother.

Chhinnamasta can be easily identified by her fearsome iconography.

Chhinnamasta is usually depicted standing on a copulating couple.

Chhinnamasta is associated with the concept of self-sacrifice as well as the awakening of the kundalini – spiritual energy.

Chhinnamasta is recognized by both Hindus and Buddhists.

Chhinnamasta is popular in Tantric and Tibetan Buddhism, where she is called Chinnamunda (" she with a severed-head ") – the severed-head form of goddess Vajrayogini or Vajravarahi – a ferocious form of the latter, who is depicted similar to Chhinnamasta.

The Buddhist Chinnamunda is believed to be the antecedent of the Hindu Chhinnamasta.

The scholar B. Bhattacharya studied various texts such as the Buddhist Sadhanamala ( 1156 CE ), Hindu Chhinnamastakalpa and Tantrasara ( 17th century ); he found that the Hindu Chhinnamasta and Buddhist Chinnamunda are the same, though the former wears a serpent as a sacred thread and has an added Rati-Kamadeva couple in the icon.

Bhattacharya concludes that the Hindu Chhinnamasta originated from the Buddhist Chinnamunda, which was worshipped by at least the 7th century.

S. Bhattacharji says that the Vedic goddess Nirrti's functions were inherited by Kali, Chamunda, Karali and Chhinnamasta.

Benard says that whatever her origins may be, it is clear that Chhinnamasta / Chinnamunda was known in the 9th century and worshipped by Mahasiddhas.

Apart from Chinnamunda, van Kooij also associates the iconography of Chhinnamasta to Tantric goddesses Varahi and Chamunda.

Ancient Hindu goddesses, who are depicted nude and headless or faceless, may have also influenced the development of Chhinnamasta.

Other Hindu goddesses which might have inspired Chhinnamasta are the malevolent war goddess Kotavi and the South-Indian hunting goddess Korravai.

Both these goddesses are linked to battlefields, while Chhinnamasta is not.

Kingsley says that there are several blood-thirsty, nude and wild goddesses and demonesses in Hindu mythology, though Chhinnamasta is the only goddess which displays the shocking self-decapitation motif.

An 18th-century painting from Rajasthan depicts Chhinnamasta as black as described in Pranotasani Tantra legend.

Chhinnamasta is often named as the fifth Mahavidya in the group, with hymns identifying her as a fierce aspect of the Goddess.

Kinsley says three Mahavidyas – Kali, Tara and Chhinnamasta — are prominent among Mahavidya depictions and lists, though Chhinnamasta hardly has an independent existence outside the group.

Guhyatiguhya-Tantra equates god Vishnu's ten avatars with the ten Mahavidyas ; the man-lion incarnation Narasimha is described to have arisen from Chhinnamasta.

League regularly stands on the side of right

Babe Ruth, as he always did in the Stadium, played right field to avoid having the sun in his eyes, and Tommy Thevenow, a rather mediocre hitter who played shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals, knocked a ball with all his might into the sharp angle formed by the permanent stands and the wooden bleachers, where Ruth could not reach it.

In singles, the server stands in their right service court when their score is even, and in her / his left service court when her / his score is odd.

Normally another cymbal is added as well, so there are separate ride and crash cymbals, either on two stands, or the ride on the bass drum to the player's right and the crash on a stand.

On the right stands Marfa Boretskaya.

The town, built mainly of a reddish brick, stands on the right bank of the Tarn River at its confluence with the Tescou.

On the right stands the thirteenth-century St. Stevenskerk, the interior of which was destroyed during the Dutch revolution of the sixteenth century.

To accommodate football at Shibe Park during the winter, management set up stands in right field, parallel to Twentieth Street.

Comparatively, the UMC stands to the right of liberal and progressive Protestant groups such as the United Church of Christ and the Episcopal Church on certain issues ( especially regarding sexuality ), but to the left of historically conservative evangelical traditions such as the Southern Baptists and Pentecostalism, in regard to theological matters such as social justice and Biblical interpretation.

The setter usually stands about ⅔ of the way from the left to the right of the net and faces the left ( the larger portion of net that he or she can see ).

The left and right field bleacher sections were laid out roughly at a right angle, and to the third base stands, to be properly positioned for both track-and-field events and football.

It stands on the right bank of the river Ghagra ( or Saryu, as it is called within sacred precincts ).

The first daughter of Gaston stands on the far right: Anne, Duchess of Montpensier | Anne Marie Louise d ' Orléans.

One figure, who is armed with a shield and a mace, stands in the chariot's path ; another figure, who is armed with bow and arrow, threatens the right flank.

One portion of the wall of the old bagne, or prison, where Jean Valjean was supposedly held still stands to the right of the entrance of the Old Harbour.

Batting for the American League against Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis, the ball he hit soared above the right-field stands, striking the transformer of a light standard on the right field roof.

When the warden stands firm, Butch shoots the warden's right hand man in cold blood, then tosses the dying man out for all to see.

In the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 3 of the 1964 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, Mickey Mantle blasted Barney Schultz's first pitch into the right field stands at Yankee Stadium, which won the game for the Yankees 2 – 1.

In the British Army, when trooping the colour, the " British Grenadiers March " is played no matter which regiment is on the parade ground, as the colour party stands at the right-hand end of the line, and every regiment formerly had a company of grenadiers at the right of their formation.

Olivier Messiaen is on the extreme right ; Maurice Duruflé stands next to him

The Metropolitan's sculpture of a heroically nude helmeted warrior stands on a forward-slanting base, looking down and slightly to his left, with his right arm raised, prepared to strike, would not be identifiable, save by comparison made by Gisela Richter with a torso of the same model and its associated slanting base, schematically carved as the prow of a ship encircled by waves: Protesilaus about to jump ashore.

stands for right, L for left, i for index finger, m for middle finger, t for thumb, r for ring finger and p ( pinky ) for little finger.

Iris stands behind the seated Juno ( mythology ) | Juno ( right ) in a Pompeii fresco

To the right Sucellus stands, bearded, in a tunic with a cloak on his right shoulder.