Mahakala (protector) - Chaturbhuja (Four-hands)
(item no. 115)

Bhutan

1800 - 1899

Black Background on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1994.16.3)

 


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 tutelary deity Heruka Chakrasamvara with Shabdrung Ngagwang Namgyal on the left and the Reverend Sherab Sengge on the right. At the middle right is the Raven-Headed Mahakala (Tib.: gon po cha rog dong chen) and Ekajati with one eye and one tooth on the left. At the bottom center is the great female protector Shri Devi with one face and four hands riding atop a mule.

Jeff Watt 4-2000


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Publication: Worlds of Transformation

Thematic Set
Bhutan: Paintings
Mahakala: Chaturbhuja (4 hands)
Mahakala (Kagyu)
1800 - 1899 (19th Century) Part III
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Bhutan
Bhutan: Protectors



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