museum-digitalsmb
CTRL + Y
en
Ethnological Museum of Berlin Ost- und Nordasien [I D 53096]
http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ImageAsset&module=collection&objectId=2400795&resolution=superImageResolution#5661095 (Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin CC BY-NC-SA)
Provenance/Rights: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Claudius Kamps (CC BY-NC-SA)
1 / 1 Previous<- Next->

Weißer Mahakala

Contact Cite this page Data sheet (PDF) Calculate distance to your current location Archived versions Mark for comparison Graph view

Description

Weißer Mahakala - weiße 6-armige Gottheit mit Dharmapala Attributen. Zu Flammen hochstehende Haare, zornvolles Gesicht, drittes Auge, er tritt auf Feinde des Buddhismus, hier in Gestalt von zwei weißen Elefanten.
In seinen 6 Händen hält er:
rechts: Hackmesser (kartri), Schädeltrommel (damaru), drei Wunschjuwelen (triratna).
links: Dreizack, Axt (parasu) mit gekreuztem Vajra (visvavajra) und eine Schädelschale (kapala).

Material/Technique

Leinwandl, Farbe

Measurements

Höhe x Breite: 13 x 9 cm

Ethnological Museum of Berlin

Object from: Ethnological Museum of Berlin

The Ethnologisches Museum (Ethnological Museum) evolved from the collections of the royal cabinets of art and since its foundation in 1873 has become...

Contact the institution

[Last update: ]

Usage and citation

The textual information presented here is free for non-commercial usage if the source is named. (Creative Commons Lizenz 3.0, by-nc-sa) Please name as source not only the internet representation but also the name of the museum.
Rights for the images are shown below the large images (which are accessible by clicking on the smaller images). If nothing different is mentioned there the same regulation as for textual information applies.
Any commercial usage of text or image demands communication with the museum.