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The Miniature Paintings of Mongolian Buddhism:
Tsaklis, Thangkas and Burhany Zurags

by Stevan Davies
Professor of Religious Studies, Misericordia University

White Mahakala (English-Sanscrit) / Gongor (Mongolian)
Mongolian
5 x 4 cm
Painted on Cloth
Mid-19th To Early 20th Century

This protector with the ironic name “white great black”is similar to the more common Shadbhuja Mahakala, but is connected not so much withi protection as with wealth and the granting of material blessings.


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