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Mahakala (six-armed)

མགོན་པོ་ཕྱག་དྲུག་པ།

Mahakala (six-armed)

མགོན་པོ་ཕྱག་དྲུག་པ།

A gelukpa sect painting of six-armed Mahakala. The six-armed, blue deity holds a chopper and skullcup in his primary arms as he tramples an image of an elephant deity. He wears a garland of human skulls and a tiara of skulls and gold jewelry. He is depicted against an aureole of red flames against a blue back ground. Green tara is in the right corner, a Gelukpa lama is at the top center, and two protector deities are in the bottom portion of the painting. Framed.

Dimensions: 16" x 11"

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