Mahākāla
Mahākāla (, ) is a deity common to Hinduism and Buddhism.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Hindu
- Deity.image
- Mahakala and Companions LACMA M.77.19.11.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Mahākāla and companions
- Deity.name
- Mahakala
- Deity.deity_of
- God of Time, Maya, Creation, Destruction and Power
- Deity.abode
- Śmaśāna (but varies by interpretation)
- Deity.consort
- Parvati as Mahakali
- Deity.weapon
- Khanda, Trishula, Hammer (in Japanese depictions)
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- In Hinduism
- In Buddhism
- Tibetan Buddhism depictions
- Two-armed forms
- Four-armed forms
- Six-armed forms
- Other forms
- In China
- In Japan
- In Sikhism
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
Mahākāla (, ) is a deity common to Hinduism and Buddhism.
In Buddhism, Mahākāla is regarded as a ("Protector of the Dharma") and a wrathful manifestation of a Buddha, while in Hinduism, Mahākāla is a fierce manifestation of the Hindu god Shiva and the consort of the goddess Mahākālī; he most prominently appears in the sect of Shaktism.