I79. Kirtimukha. .17.23.26.27.
Themonster is decapitated or loses its body. His head is depicted on temples and vessels (narrative texts and/or iconography).
South Asia.Ancient India (Skanda Purana) [The moon was the cup from which the gods drank amrita; Rāhu took a sip, but Vishnu cut off his head, his head remained immortal; when the star swallows, it immediately comes out; King Jalandhara ascetically obtained power, established his own order in the universe, sent R. demanding that Shiva give his wife Shakti; from a place on his forehead between his eyes, S. released a lion-headed demon in the form of an emanation; J. rushed to S., asking for protection; the demon asked for another prey in this case, for he was insatiable hunger; S. invited him to eat his own limbs; he ate himself whole, only his face was left; S. called him his beloved son, the Face of Glory (kīrttimukha); ordered him to stay at his door; who did not honors K., does not honor S. either; in Hindu temples, K. - apotropes]: Zimmer 1946:175-182.