Tanka of Mahākāla

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Description

Title
Tanka of Mahākāla
Published / Created
circa 1650-circa 1750
Description
A watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Mahākāla with a dark blue body, three heads, and six arms, with ornaments made of human skulls, and accompanied by thirty-eight figures. Consecrated by a lama on the verso with an om-ah-hum and the red hand prints of the lama and the patron.
Provenance
Acquired from various sources. For further information consult entries for individual tankas in the guide to the collection., Gift of an anonymous donor (Yale 1929), 1985.
Language
Tibetan
Sanskrit

Item Location

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Tibet MSS 62
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Container / Volume
Box 42 (Oversize)

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Citation
Tanka Collection. General Collection of Books and Manuscripts, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
9924184
Object ID (OID)
10563730

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