Three jets of blood spurt out of her bleeding neck and are drunk by her severed head and two attendants. Chinnamasta is a goddess of contradictions. She symbolizes both aspects of Devi: a life-giver and a life-taker. She is considered both a symbol of sexual self-control and an embodiment of sexual energy, depending upon interpretation. She represents death, temporality, and destruction as well as life, immortality, and recreation. The goddess conveys spiritual self-realization and the awakening of the kundalini spiritual energy. Chinnamasta Mata Idol The legends of Chinnamasta emphasize her self-sacrifice sometimes coupled with a maternal element sexual dominance, and self-destructive fury.