This substance nourishes attendants and the figure producing it in chinna-mastika images. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this substance called rakta in Sanskrit. The asura Raktabeeja acquires a boon from Brahma letting him make copies of himself with this substance, but he is defeated when a goddess consumes it before it hits the ground.
ANSWER: blood [or human blood; or blood of gods, Devis, demons, or asuras]
[10e] Raktabeeja was defeated by Chandi and this form of Devi, who is usually depicted naked with a blood-stained tongue and a necklace of human heads.
ANSWER: Kali
[10m] Kali names the current and worst of these eras in Hindu cosmology. The word for truth, Satya, names the first of these cyclical periods, which lasted for 1,728,000 years.
ANSWER: yugas [or the Kali Yuga; or the Satya Yuga]
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