Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Mahakala (Buddhist Protector) - Shadbhuja, Sita (White, Shangpa)

མ་ཧཱ་ཀཱ་ལ། ནག་པོ་ཆེན་པོ། 玛哈嘎拉
(item no. 91029)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Uncertain
Size 50.80x35.56cm (20x14in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Erie Art Museum
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Wrathful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Mahakala, Sita Shadbhuja (Tibetan: chag drug pa, gon po kar po. English: the White Lord with Six Hands).

Wrathful with one face and six hands, standing with both legs straight atop two elephant headed figures and a lotus seat; surrounded by flames of wisdom fire. At the bottom right is Maharakta Ganapati, red in colour, with one face and twelve hands; standing atop a rat. On the right is Sita Ganapati with one face and two hands; in a dancing posture standing atop a rat.

Jeff Watt 9-2000

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