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| Keywords: Mahakala, Protector of the Tent.jpg Mahakala Protector of the Tent Central Tibet Distemper on cloth 64 x 53 in 162 6 x 134 6 cm Mahakala is one of the most popular guardians in the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon Here he tramples a corpse while wielding a flaying knife and a blood-filled skull cup signifying the destruction of impediments to enlightenment In the crooks of his elbows he supports a gandi gong a symbol of his vow to protect the community of monks sangha His principal companions Palden Remati and Palden Lhamo appear to his left and Legden Nagpo and Bhutadamara are at his right At lower left is Brahmarupa blowing a thighbone trumpet He is especially revered by the Sakya order which commissioned this work This tangka one of the earliest and grandest of this subject can be related to murals preserved in the fifteenth-century Kumbum at Gyantse monastery central Tibet likely painted under Newari direction http //www metmuseum org/collection/the-collection-online/search/78195 http //images metmuseum org/CRDImages/as/original/DP291219_edt jpg direct link 1500 author PD-old-100 Mandala thangka from Tibet Tibetan Buddhist paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art 16th-century paintings from Tibet Files uploaded by Yann Forget Mahakala | ||||
