Wonderful Real Tibet Tibetan Old Buddhist Hand-Painted Thangka Tangka "Mahakala" for Sale

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Wonderful Real Tibet Tibetan Old Buddhist Hand-Painted Thangka Tangka "Mahakala" For Sale

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Wonderful Real Tibet Tibetan Old Buddhist Hand-Painted Thangka Tangka "Mahakala":
$1399.00

- Wonderful Real Tibet Old Buddhist Hand-Painted Thangka "Mahakala" -

Wonderful Real Tibet Old Buddhist Hand-Painted Thangka "Mahakala" Size : 77 x 132 cm , 49.5 x 70.5 cm the painting (1 inch = 2.54 cm) Material: Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton This is a nice rare old thangka for Mahakala - in good condition The workmanship is nice and exquisite In the middle of the thangka, Mahakala occupying a large space, highlighting the main Buddha Around the Mahakala , there were painted with many deities Reasonable layout, complicated but not disorderly There is Tibet mantra on the back of the thangka There is nice new silk mounting frame High recommended , High Recommended General Introduction: Mahakala is a category of Tantric Buddhist deity. His common function is as a protector (Dharmapala) and specifically the primary Wisdom Protector of Himalayan and Tibetan Buddhism. He is however also a meditational deity (ishtadevata) in the highest Anuttarayoga Tantras. For the study of Mahakala there are three important topics: Principal Texts, Principal Systems and Principal Iconographic Forms

There are dozens of different variations and forms of Mahakala. He is typically in wrathful appearance following the Indian model of a Raksha demon. In most occurrences and uses of Mahakala, he is paired with a meditational deity such as Shri Hevajra and as Panjarnata Mahakala, Chakrasamvara and Chaturbhuja Mahakala, Guhyasamaja and Chaturmukha Mahakala. In most cases Mahakala is an emanation, or wrathful aspect, of the principal meditational deity that he is associated with. For instance Panjarnata Mahakala is the most wrathful emanation, or form, of Shri Hevajra. In other situations Mahakala might be a wrathful emanation of Vajradhara or Akshobhya Buddha. Aside from the individual Anuttarayoga Tantras that teach various forms of Mahakala, the principal texts are the Eight Chapter, Twenty-five Chapter and Fifty Chapter Mahakala Tantras.

In one specific case, that of Shadbhuja Mahakala, Avalokiteshvara takes on the form of Mahakala. Therefore, it can be said that the Shadbhuja form, with one face and six hands is a wrathful Avalokiteshvara performing the function of a protector. Shadbhuja Mahakala arises specifically from the Eight Chapter Mahakala Tantra.