Mahākāla
Sign in to saveMahākāla (, ) is a deity common to Hinduism and Buddhism.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 220 inbound references to Mahākāla, and connects out to Sanskrit, Mongols and Shaivism.
It sits within the topics Buddhist tantras, Creator gods and Destroyer gods.
Vinony links it to 28 Wikipedia language editions.
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
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mahākāla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.