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Mahākāla (Buddhist deity)

LC control no.n 2018049711
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingMahākāla (Buddhist deity)
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Variant(s)Mgon-po (Buddhist deity)
Daheitian (Buddhist deity)
Daikokuten (Buddhist deity)
Field of activityBuddhist deity
Found inSprel zla tshes bcu chen mo dang bstan srung mgon po rigs bsdus sogs spros chas gar ʼcham rigs dbyangs rta dang bcas pa ae wam ʼod kyi me long zhes bya ba bzhugs so, 2016: t.p. (Bstand-srungs Mgon-po)
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1991: vol. 7, page 693 (Mahākāla, in Tibetan Buddhism, one of the eight fierce protective deities)
chinabuddhismencyclopedia WWW site viewed on August 23, 2018: (Mahākāla is a Dharmapala in Vajrayana Buddhism; known as Daheitian in Chinese and Daikokuten in Japanese)
   <http://www.chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com/en/index.php?title=Mahakala>
Associated languagetib
Invalid LCCNsh 85079827