Item: Mahakala (Buddhist Protector) - Panjarnata (Lord of the Pavilion)

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

(item no. 205237)

Origin Location	China
Date Range	1400 - 1499
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Bronze
Collection	Private

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

TBRC: bdr:W25327

Interpretation / Description

Panjarnata Mahakala without the ghandi staff held across the arms. With respect to attributes, the Gayadhara tradition, also known as the Sakya Lamdre, does not depict a ‘ghandi’ staff.

Inscription dates it to the Yongle Era (1403-1424) of the Ming Dynasty.

View other items in the Thematic Set: Exhibition: Sakya Monastery (Sculpture, Palace Museum, Beijing)

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