Six-armed Mahākāla (Shangpa)
Tibetan Buddhist · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
One-faced, six-armed protector transmitted in Shangpa Kagyu and subsequently adopted in other Tibetan schools.
Relations
- emanation of: AvalokiteśvaraEmanation in this source context, not biological parentage.Jeff Watt, Himalayan Art Resources, Mahakala introduction: identity, functions and source traditions (secondary)
- cult form of: MahākālaJeff Watt, Himalayan Art Resources, Six-armed Mahakala: traditions and iconographic differences (secondary)
Sources
- One-faced, six-armed protector transmitted in Shangpa Kagyu and subsequently adopted in other Tibetan schools.: Jeff Watt, Himalayan Art Resources, Six-armed Mahakala: traditions and iconographic differences (secondary)