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

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

(item no. 18172)

Origin Location	Central Asia
Date Range	1100 - 1199
Lineages	Kagyu and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Private

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

Abhayakaragupta Lineage: Vajradhara, Bodhisattva Mati, Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Acharyavira, Du Shap Greater and Younger, Vajrasana the Greater, Abhayakaragupta, Tsami [Lotsawa] Sanggye Shap, Gva Lotsawa Namgyal Dorje, Khampa Aseng, Pagmodrupa, Drigung Jigten Gonpo, etc.