Item: Mahakala (Buddhist Protector) - Raudrantaka (Killer of Rudra)

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

(item no. 81449)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Jonang (Sakya) and Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Garuda Virtual Museum

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Raudrantika (Gonpo Trakshe): the Killer of Rudra, a special protector deity of the Jonang Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.