Alternative spellings of this word include Jihvaccheda.

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: ÖAW: Tantric Communities in Context (kavya)

Jihvāccheda (जिह्वाच्छेद) refers to “cut out tongues” (found as offerings in the Caṇḍikā temple), according to Bāṇa’s 7th century Kādambarī: a Sanskrit Kathā (poem) dealing revolving around the love story between prince Candrāpīḍa and the celestially beautiful princess Kādambarī.—Progressively advancing towards the inner parts of the temple area, the narrator provides a detailed description of the site and its central image of the goddess Caṇḍikā. [...] Scattered at the feet of the image are the remains of sanguinary offerings or even self-sacrifices. Among these are found tips of deer horns, cut out tongues (jihvāccheda), bloody eye-balls, and skull bones, all of which indicate “the violence of offerings”.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Partial matches: Chheda, Cheda, Jihva, Accheda, Ceta.

Starts with: Jihvacchedana.

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Full-text: Sankshepa.

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