About Bagalamukhi
Bagala, or Bagalamukhi, is the eighth Mahavidya in the well-known series of the ten Mahavidyas. She is identified with the second night of courage and is the Shakti, or power, of restraint. She is described as the Devi with three eyes, wearing yellow clothes and gems, a crescent moon as Her diadem, adorned with champaka blossoms, holding the tongue of an enemy in one hand while striking him with the other — thus should one meditate upon the paralyser of the three worlds.
Bagalamukhi means 'The Crane-Headed One'. This bird is regarded as the essence of deceit, and She rules the magic for the suppression of an enemy's gossip. These 'enemies' also carry an inner meaning, and the peg She drives through the tongue may be understood as a check upon our own idle, prattling speech. She governs deceit, which lies at the heart of most speech, and in this sense can be regarded as a fierce, or Bhairavi, form of Matrika Devi, the mother of all speech.
According to the Todala Tantra, Her male consort is Maharudra, seated to Her right — the one-faced form of Shiva who dissolves the universe.
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