Found In: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tanka collection (Tibet MSS 62) > Identified Subjects > Mahākāla / Collection Title: Tanka collection (Tibet MSS 62) / Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library / Grouping: Series II: Identified Subjects

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Published / Created:: circa 1650-circa 1750
Call Number:: Tibet MSS 62
Container / Volume:: Box 42 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 4
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.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tanka collection (Tibet MSS 62) > Series II: Identified Subjects > Mahākāla > Tanka of Mahākāla

Published / Created:: circa 1700-circa 1800
Call Number:: Tibet MSS 62
Container / Volume:: Box 43 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 3
Description:: A watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Mahākāla with four faces and four arms, with ornaments made of human skulls. Inscription in Tibetan on verso. The tanka includes a silk cover.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tanka collection (Tibet MSS 62) > Series II: Identified Subjects > Mahākāla > Tanka of Mahākāla