Item: Mahakala (Buddhist Protector) - Chaturbhuja (Four-hands)
མ་ཧཱ་ཀཱ་ལ། ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོ།
玛哈嘎拉
(item no. 35314)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Lineages | Buddhist |
| Material | Black Background on Cotton |
| Collection | The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology |
Notes about the Central Figure
Classification: Deity
Appearance: Wrathful
Gender: Male
Summary: This form of Mahakala can be either a protector deity (dharmapala) or a meditational deity (ishtadevata).
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