The Red
Dakini.
The name dakini
is related to the Hindi word dakin, meaning ‘witch’ and
is sometimes translated as ‘sky dancer’, as she ‘carries
the souls of the dead to the sky’.
She is a female imp who
waits upon Kali
and feeds on human flesh
(fig.).
She wears a necklace of human skulls, as well as a crown decorated with five human
crania.