Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Mahakala (Buddhist Protector) - Shadbhuja (Shangpa)

མ་ཧཱ་ཀཱ་ལ། ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོ། 玛哈嘎拉
(item no. 1030)
Origin Location Mongolia
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Uncertain
Material Black Background on Cotton
Collection Shelley & Donald Rubin
Catalogue # acc.# P2001.7.5
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Secondary Images
Related Items
Thematic Sets
Painting Type: Black Ground Main Page
Subject: Offerings Main Page
Mahakala: Shadbhuja (Offering Paintings)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Mongolia
Subject: Offering Paintings (Kangdze) Page