明 銅鎏金二臂瑪哈嘎拉 Qing Dynasty period. Standing on wood base, holding a chopper in his right hand and a cup in his left, wearing multiple necklaces and a garland of heads, his wrathful expression with bared fangs and bulging eyes, centered by third eye, topped by a skull crown behind which the flaming red hair is drawn into a high chignon. Height: 19 7/8 in (50.5 cm) Width: 13 1/2 in (34.0 cm) 瑪哈嘎拉是梵語，意思是“大黑”，即“怙主”之意。瑪哈嘎拉是佛教三根本的化身。為調伏剛強眾生而呈現忿怒相.依緣起多示現為兩臂、四臂、六臂，黑，白等形象，為藏傳佛教諸宗共同推崇的智慧護法，此件二臂瑪哈嘎拉是普賢王如來及金剛持佛之忿怒化身。頭戴五骷髏冠，怒髮上豎，三目圓睜，張口呲牙，面相兇憤。上身袒露，下身圍虎皮裙，並飾以繁複瓔珞為裙，雙肩披大帔帛，帔帛在頭後形成橢圓形。兩手置於胸前，左手托骷髏碗，右手持鉞刀。雙腿站立，兩膝向外彎曲。依據經文記載，敬奉此吉祥立姿二臂大黑天，得國泰民安，風調雨順，四境平和無紛爭，破除邪祟，諸事順遂，法財圓滿之大利益。