Mahakala, Vajra Panjarnata (Tibetan: dor je gur gyi gon po. English:
the Great Black One, Lord of the Vajra Pavilion [or Canopy]): from
the Vajra Panjara Tantra.
Wrathful in appearance with one face and two hands he holds a curved
knife and skull cup to the heart. A 'gandhi' stick rests across the
forearms. From this magical emanation stick all other forms of Mahakala
emanate. Hair flaming upward like orange fire, bared fangs and staring
eyes, he is very fierce with all the wrathful ornaments and attire
such as a crown of five dry skulls, necklace of fifty freshly severed
heads, tiger skin lower garment and a long snake as a Brahmin cord.
The neck is further adorned with an ornate white scarf. In a squat
posture on a corpse seat above a sun disc and multi-colored lotus
blossom he stands within a mass of flaming fire of pristine awareness.
Panjarnata Mahakala is the protector of the Hevajra cycle of Tantras.
The iconography and rituals are found in the 18th chapter of the
Vajra Panjara (canopy, or pavilion) Tantra, an exclusive 'explanatory
tantra' to Hevajra itself.
Size/Dimension:
8 Inches Metal & Finishing:
Copper and Gold Age:
Contemporary Item Location:
Nepal Price:
$538
