Mahakala(大黒天 Đại Hắc Thiên)
Mahakala is a Hindu god who is believed to be the ruler of time and darkness.
The high priest Saicho brought it to Japan, and it came to be called Daikoku-sama, as it became one with the Japanese native god, Okuninushi no Mikoto.
Interestingly, in both Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism, Mahakala and his wife, the goddess Kali, are depicted as very frightening, but Mahakala, or Daikokuten, who came to Japan, is depicted as the smiling god of business.
In old Japanese merchant houses, Daikoku-sama is still enshrined in the back of the store as the god of good fortune.
This Mahakala statue has three faces and six arms. The three faces represent the Hindu trinity (Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva).
Toyotomi Hideyoshi of Japan believed in the three-faced Daikokuten as the strongest god of good fortune. In Japan, the three faces mean Daikokuten, Bishamonten, and Benzaiten.
Unfortunately, one of the six arms of this statue is missing, but it still has a powerful atmosphere.
May the cosmic power of Mahakala and the power of Daikoku-sama's happiness and good fortune reach you too.












