Mahakala (protector) - Chaturbhuja (Four-hands)
(item no. 90133)

1500 - 1599

Kagyu Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Private


 


Chaturbhuja, Mahakala (Tibetan: gon po, chag shi pa. English: the Great Black One with Four Hands). The principal protector of the Chakrasamvara class of Tantras; from the lineage of Arya Nagarjuna.

Sanskrit: Chaturbhuja Tibetan: Chag shi pa

Jeff Watt 3-2001


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Buddhist Protectors: Enlightened
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Buddhist Protector: Mahakala (All Forms)
Mahakala: Chaturbhuja (4 hands)
Mahakala (Kagyu)
1500 - 1599 (16th Century)



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