Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Mahakala (Buddhist Protector) - Panjaranata - Retinue Figure

མ་ཧཱ་ཀཱ་ལ། ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོ། 玛哈嘎拉
(item no. 200666)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Sakya, Ngor (Sakya) and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment, Black Background on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Both

Interpretation / Description

Bhata.

'...Bhata, black, with a tiger skin fur coat, holding in the right a wooden stick and in the left a human heart...'


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