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

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

(item no. 36281)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1400 - 1499
Lineages	Taklung (Kagyu), Drigung (Kagyu), Drukpa (Kagyu) and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Private

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