Mahakala (protector) - Chaturbhuja (Four-hands)
(item no. 113)

1800 - 1899

Ground Mineral Pigment, Black Background on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1994.16.2)

 
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Chaturbhuja Vajra Nata Mahakala (Tibetan: gon po chag shi pa, dor je nag po chen po. English: The Great Black Vajra Lord with Four Hands) embracing the consort.

Sanskrit: Chaturbhuja Tibetan: Chag shi pa

At the top center is the primordial Buddha Vajradhara, to the left mahasiddha Tilopa and Naropa on the right. At the center below is the tutelary deity Heruka Chakrasamvara with Shabdrung Ngagwang Namgyal on the left and Lord Chamgon on the right. At the middle right is Mahakali (Tib.: pal den lha mo) and on the left Raven-Headed Mahakala (Tib.: gon po cha rog dong chen). At the lower center is the Direction King of the North Vaishravana with the mountain goddess Tseringma on the left and Yudronma on the right. Along the bottom are four worldly protectors indigenous to Bhutan.

Jeff Watt 4-2000


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Publication: Worlds of Transformation

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Bhutan: Paintings
Mahakala (Kagyu)
Bhutan: Protectors



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