Mahākāla Pañjarnātha

Mahākāla Pañjarnātha, or "Lord of the Tent," is the protector of the Hevajra cycle of tantras. The iconography and rituals are found in the eighteenth chapter of the Vajra Pañjara Tantra, an exclusive 'explanatory tantra' to Hevajra itself. It is dated to the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century.

Source:

Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation

Panjaranatha Mahakala
Tibet; 15th century
Pigments on cloth
F1997.5.1 (HAR 82)
https://rubinmuseum.org/collection/f1997-5-1/

Depicted in this piece:

  • Agni on a goat
  • Batra
  • Bhikshu
  • Bhutadamara Vajrapani
  • Black Woman
  • Brahma on a goose (?)
  • Brahmin Vararuchi
  • Chogyel Pakpa
  • Dhritarashtra
  • Drakpa Gyeltsen
  • Draktengpa Yonten Tsultrim
  • Ekajati
  • Ishana on a bull
  • Kala Rakshasa
  • Kala Rakshasi
  • Kartaridhara Mahakala
  • Mel Lotsāwa Lodro Drakpa
  • Outer Retinue Figure
  • Outer Retinue Figure
  • Outer Retinue Figure
  • Pandita Deva Vajra
  • Putra
  • Rakshasa on a zombie
  • Rinchen Zangpo
  • Sachen Kunga Nyingpo
  • Sahaja Heruka Chakrasamvara
  • Sahaja Heruka Hevajra
  • Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyeltsen
  • Shakra on an elephant
  • Shraddha Karavarma
  • Shri Devi
  • Singmo
  • Sonam Tsemo
  • Sorcerer
  • Unidentified god
  • Vaishravana
  • Vajradhara
  • Varuna on a makara
  • Vayu on a deer
  • Virudhaka
  • Virupaksha
  • Warrior
  • Yaksha on a horse
  • Yama on a buffalo