"The jhunjharji—the hero most frequently encountered in Mewar, but also appearing in Marwar and E. Rajasthan—is a warrior who loses his head in battle but manages to continue fighting and kiIIing before falling to the ground.

The term derives from "jhunjhuno" (to struggle), which summarizes the desperately difficult situation of the headless warrior striving to achieve his goal of revenge, justice or reunion with a loved one after suffering the fataI wound of decapitation.

In some narratives, the hero's chest develops eyes that guides him, unsubtly suggesting that the warrior sees with his heart.
The hero is also represented as sprouting a lotus stalk from his neck, which signifies his transcendence of ordinary human existence and experience.

The decapitated hero is a transitional, metamorphosing being who is still alive in the sense that he has not stopped fighting, yet also beyond life and death."