Mahākāla (Sanskrit: महाकाल) is a deity common to Hinduism and Buddhism. In Buddhism, Mahākāla is regarded as a Dharmapāla ("Protector of the Dharma")...
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Daikokuten (section Mahākāla in East Asian Buddhism)
originated from Mahākāla, the Buddhist version of the Hindu deity Shiva, conflated with the native Shinto god Ōkuninushi. The Sanskrit term 'Mahākāla' ("Great...
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Mahakala (IPA: [mɑːhɑːˈkɑːˈlɑː] from Sanskrit) is a genus of halszkaraptorine theropod dinosaur from the Campanian-age (about 80 million years ago) Upper...
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Mahakal or Mahakaal most often refers to: Mahakala, a deity in Hinduism and Buddhism. Mahakal may refer to: Kawatya Mahakaal, a character in the 1990 film...
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Mahakala-Mahakali Temple was built around 11th century A.D. and is located at Latitude of- 20 degree 14’ 26" N., Longitude of- 85 degree 50’ 05" E and...
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originally comparable to a genius loci.[citation needed] The many forms of Mahakala are emanations of Avalokiteshvara.[citation needed] Kalarupa and Yamantaka...
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"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...
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Present (2021, June 6): Six years later, Daoshi advises Debbie to perform a Mahakala Mahayana Pooja while Srinivasan lies in a vegetative state, under life...
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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...
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various buddhist forms of Bhairava (variously called Herukas, Vajrabhairava, Mahākāla and Yamantaka) are considered fierce deities and yidams (tantric meditational...
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