Bhuvanesvari/Bagala

This print belongs to a set of five prints depicting the 10 Mahavidyas. The Mahavidyas, who first appear in late medieval Hinduism, are considered to be individual incarnations or manifestations of the Great Goddess, paralleling the ten incarnations of Vishnu. An origin story relates them to ten forms assumed by Shiva's wife Sati, in her anger over the disrespect her father, Daksha, showed toward Shiva. The Mahavidyas were particularly honored in the Bengal region.

Bhuvanesvari appears seated on a throne, with her two right hands making the gestures meaning "fear not" and "gift giving." In her left hands she hold a noose and an elephant goad. Bagala also sits on a throne. She is captured in the gesture of beating a demon with a club held in her right hand, while she pulls out his tongue with her left.