The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (378 page)

(Skt.). A ferocious form of the Goddess (
Dev
) in Hinduism especially in
Tantrism
, the
akti
of
Bhairava
. Like
K
l
, Bhairav
is described as having a terrible appearance, garlanded with severed heads. She is the active principle of the cosmos dancing on the passive principle of
iva
, often represented as a corpse. Like K
l
, Bhairav
represents the terrible aspects of existence which have to be embraced in order to achieve liberation (
mok
a
).

 
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