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

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

(item no. 34273)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1400 - 1499
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Metal, Mercuric Gild
Collection	Private

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Shadbhuja Mahakala, Green, Lord of Life: a special long-life practice belonging to the teaching cycle of the Shadbhuja Mahakala of the Shangpa Kagyu Tradition.

Jeff Watt [updated 6-2022]