"Chinnamasta" translates directly to, "the one with a severed head," as Hindu Facts notes. According to ancient Hindu doctrines, she spawned from the goddess Parvati. While bathing in the river, Parvati was accompanied by Dakini and Varnini, and when the latter two became hungry, they beseeched her to feed them. By means of obliging their request, she cut off her own head and directed the spurting jets of blood into the mouths of her faithful attendees. The third stream of blood went into the mouth of her newly severed head. Furnishing herself as well is the least she deserves for separating her own head from her body, right? From thenceforth, she was reborn as Chinnamasta (via Vedic Feed).
Drinking the blood of an ethereal being is a strange way to satisfy one's hunger, but it was Chinnamasta's claim to fame. It almost seems like something out of Dante's Inferno, doesn't it? However, Chinnamasta certainly isn't reputed as being a malevolent monster from the fiery depths of hell. There are various ways that practitioners of Hinduism worship/interpret her presence in their doctrine, but they are all share a generally benevolent perspective that regards Chinnamasta as a gracious giver of life and a symbol of composure/control (per Vedic Feed).
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