She holds a khatvanga staff with her left arm and wears a tiger skin om her hips.
The terrific goddess is surrounded by tongues of flames and is decorated with a long garland of severed human heads.
With her flaming hair and her garland of human skulls, Simhavaktra might seem violent and scary. But here she is a force for good; the dakini’s fierce appearance symbolizes her power to overcome obstacles to enlightenment, such as lust, anger or ignorance.