/internal/media/dispatcher/746353/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMahakala as Panjaranathalate 15th centuryOverall: 190.1 × 120 cm (74 13/16 × 47 1/4 in.)
Image: 128 × 99.2 cm (50 3/8 × 39 1/16 in.)
Framed: 205.1 × 135.9 × 7.6 cm (80 3/4 × 53 1/2 × 3 in.)Distemper on cotton, mounted with silk brocade.William Sturgis Bigelow Collection12.470Painting with decorative borders, mounted on support panel. Would have originally been in thangka format.
Standing on a prostrate corpse, Panjaranatha or Great Vajra Black One, is a special protector of the Hevajra cycle of teachings. Here, Panjaranatha is seen encircled by flames, in which appear jackals, crows, dogs, and other denizens of the cemeteries which he inhabits.Paintings190.1000000000205.1000000000128.00000000007.60000000001291001