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Mahakala [RY]

Mahakala; great black one. Wrathful aspect of Avalokiteshvara Mahakalas are the chief dharmapalas, protectors of the Dharma. They are either black or dark blue in color and wrathful [RY]

Mahakala [deity, sometimes lord of death of wrathful aspect of Avalokiteshvara [IW]

mahakala, 1 of 8 chos skyong, lord of death, epithet of king of the nagas, mahakala, lord of the class of the mgon po [JV]