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Mahākāla (Buddhist deity)

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Images featuring Mahākāla (Buddhist deity)

14 images from works
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala with the eight-handed Uṣṇīṣavijayā as a Buddhist deity of long life. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

Works from the collections

6 works

    • Pictures
    • Online

    The four-handed Mahākāla as the protector of knowledge. Distemper painting.

    | Reference: 47103i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Mandala with the eight-handed Uṣṇīṣavijayā as a Buddhist deity of long life. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

    | Reference: 47073i
    • Pictures

    Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

    | Reference: 47098i
    Part of: Fifteen banners from a Tibetan Protector chapel.
    • Pictures

    Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

    | Reference: 47088i
    • Pictures

    Attributes of Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

    | Reference: 47087i

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