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

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

(item no. 58869)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment, Black Background on Cotton
Collection	Yale University Art Gallery
Catalogue #	1988.76.16

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

Mahakala, Chatubhuja (Four-armed Great Black One).