For Mahakala Temple, see Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga. For the dinosaur genus, see Mahakala (dinosaur).
Mahakala
God of Time, Maya, Creation, Destruction and Power
Mahākāla and companions
Affiliation
Shiva
Abode
Śmaśāna (but varies by interpretation)
Weapon
Khanda, Trishula, Hammer (in Japanese depictions)
Consort
Parvati as Mahakali
Mahākāla (Sanskrit: महाकाल) is a deity common to Hinduism and Buddhism.[1]
In Buddhism, Mahākāla is regarded as a Dharmapāla ("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;[1] he most prominently appears in the Kalikula sect of Shaktism.[2][3][4]
Mahākāla appears as a protector deity in the various traditions of Vajrayana Buddhism, like Chinese Esoteric Buddhism, Shingon, and Tibetan Buddhism.[1] He is known as Dàhēitiān and Daaih'hāktīn (大黑天) in Mandarin and Cantonese, Daeheukcheon (대흑천) in Korean, Đại Hắc Thiên in Vietnamese, and Daikokuten (大黒天) in Japanese.
Mahākāla (Sanskrit: महाकाल) is a deity common to Hinduism and Buddhism. In Buddhism, Mahākāla is regarded as a Dharmapāla ("Protector of the Dharma")...
originated from Mahākāla, the Buddhist version of the Hindu deity Shiva, conflated with the native Shinto god Ōkuninushi. The Sanskrit term 'Mahākāla' ("Great...
Mahakala (IPA: [mɑːhɑːˈkɑːˈlɑː] from Sanskrit) is a genus of halszkaraptorine theropod dinosaur from the Campanian-age (about 80 million years ago) Upper...
The Praise of Mahākāla is a Mongolian Buddhist poem written in the Mongolian script by an Oirat or Uyghur scholar of the Sakya school, Choiji Odser (chos...
"the ravisher". Another of Shiva's fearsome forms is as Kāla "time" and Mahākāla "great time", which ultimately destroys all things. The name Kāla appears...
originally comparable to a genius loci.[citation needed] The many forms of Mahakala are emanations of Avalokiteshvara.[citation needed] Kalarupa and Yamantaka...
deities of Hinduism, known as The Destroyer Kali, wife of Shiva's aspect, Mahakala Owuo, Akan god of Death and Destruction. Known as the Death of Creation...
all, and by reason of this He is called Mahākāla [an epithet of Lord Shiva], and since Thou devourest Mahākāla Himself, it is Thou who art the Supreme...
existence. Mahakali, in Sanskrit, is etymologically the feminised variant of Mahakala, or Great Time (which is also interpreted as Death), an epithet of the...
Buddhist death deity Mahākāla with the Shinto deity Ōkuninushi. The Japanese name Daikoku is a direct translation of the Sanskrit name Mahākāla which means "Great...
of his Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism are Yamaraja, Vaisravana, and Mahakala. She is the wrathful deity considered to be the principal protectress of...
and serpents. These include Acala, Heruka, Chakrasamvara and Yamantaka. Mahakala, who from adopted from the Hindu Shiva also wears the mundamala. Hevajra...
various buddhist forms of Bhairava (variously called Herukas, Vajrabhairava, Mahākāla and Yamantaka) are considered fierce deities and yidams (tantric meditational...
great dissolution (Mahapralaya). Hence, he is known as Kala (time) or Mahakala (great-time), or Parakala (beyond time) in his epithets. There exists a...
Upon hearing the pleas of His helpless devotees, Shiva appeared in his Mahakala form and destroyed the enemies of King Chandrasena. Upon the request of...
converted to Buddhism by the buddha Vairocana under the guise of the god Mahākāla (Daikokuten in Japanese). They were eventually coalesced into a single...
detachment from the world of ignorance, such as Yamantaka, Cakrasamvara, Mahākāla, or Vajrakilaya. Dakinis (Tb. khandroma, "sky-goer") are their feminine...
to it. Bhairava is said to be human form of Mahākāla, while Vetāla is the human form of Bhṛṅgī. [3] Mahākāla and Bhṛṅgī, the sons of Hara, were born from...
dromaeosaurid, Mahakala, which they found to be the most basal and most primitive member of the Dromaeosauridae, more primitive than Microraptor. Mahakala had short...
Tibetan Citipati mask depicting Mahākāla. The skull mask of Citipati is a reminder of the impermanence of life and the eternal cycle of life and death...
left, another deity is pictured. The hall also has murals of the deities Mahakala and Sitātapatrā. Stored on wooden shelves in the hall are 225 volumes of...
forgiveness and restraint from continued agitation from wrong others have done. Mahakala Samhita in verses II.11.723 through II.11.738 lists many of the ten yamas...
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