Sentence examples for fierce aspect from inspiring English sources

He was a tremendously intellectual award-winning writer with a very fierce aspect and I was a very junior editor who had just bought the paperback versions of two of his hardback novels.

She is the fierce aspect of the goddess Durga (Parvati).

She is closely associated with Kali, another fierce aspect of Devi.

Chhinnamasta is often named as the fifth Mahavidya in the group, with hymns identifying her as a fierce aspect of the Goddess.

Bhikshatana is considered a gentler form of Shiva's fierce aspect Bhairava and a gentle phase between Bhairava's two gruesome forms, one of which decapitates the god Brahma and the other of which murders the god Vishnu's gatekeeper.

In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient Yogi who lives an ascetic life on Mount Kailash, as well as a householder with wife Parvati and his two children, Ganesha and Kartikeya and in fierce aspects, he is often depicted slaying demons.

Just as other elements of the composition, such as the weighing of the souls, derive from ancient Egyptian art, so parts of this monster's gruesome DNA (including his fierce face and frontal aspect) belong to an iconographical tradition stretching back to representations of Bes.

The three also lack the more fierce warrior aspects of Dhumavati as well as her positive aspects in the context of the Mahavidyas.

"I have always said Liverpool-Manchester United games are fierce in many aspects.

In their letter they assure Kiir of their goodwill, then launch into a fierce attack on almost every aspect of his government's record.

"You look fierce," she said.