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

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

(item no. 729)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Nyingma and Buddhist
Size	69.85x64.14cm (27.50x25.25in)
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue #	acc.# P1998.22.2

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