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

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

(item no. 3313680)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1600 - 1699
Lineages	Nyingma and Buddhist
Size	78x63.50cm (30.71x25in)
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment, Black Background on Cotton
Collection	Museum der Kulturen, Basel
Catalogue #	acc. #W.lld13680.R0005

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