Item: Mahakala (Buddhist Protector) - Chaturbhuja (Four-hands)

Tibetan: མ་ཧཱ་ཀཱ་ལ། ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོ། Chinese: 玛哈嘎拉

(item no. 99623)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1100 - 1199
Lineages	Sakya, Kagyu and Buddhist
Size	19x15cm (7.48x5.91in)
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Publication: Tibetan Paintings

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Summary: This form of Mahakala can be either a protector deity (dharmapala) or a meditational deity (ishtadevata).

Interpretation / Description

(See HAR #77289).

Tibetan Paintings by Pratapaditya Pal (list of image plates)