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摩訶迦羅（梵語也。唐云大黑天神也。有大神力。壽無量千歲。八臂身青黑雲色二手懷中橫把一三戟叉右第二手捉一青羖羊。左第二手捉一餓鬼頭髻。右第三手把劒。左第三手執朅吒𠕀迦梵語也是一髑髏幢也。後二手各於肩上共張一白象皮如披勢以毒虵貫穿髑髏以為瓔珞。虎牙上出作大忿怒形。雷電煙火以為威光。身形極大。足下有一地神女天以兩手承足者也）。

“Mahākāla” (摩訶迦羅: Sanskrit. In the Tang language, it means ‘Great Black Deva’ (Daheitian Shen). He possesses great supernatural power and a lifespan of immeasurable thousands of years. He has eight arms, and his body has the color of dark, bluish-black clouds. Two hands horizontally hold a trident before his chest. The second right hand grasps a blue-black ram. The second left hand grasps the hair-topknot of a hungry ghost. The third right hand holds a sword. The third left hand holds a khaṭvāṅga—which is Sanskrit for a skull-topped staff. The remaining two rear hands each stretch a white elephant hide across his shoulders, draped over him as a cloak. Poisonous serpents are threaded through human skulls to serve as his necklace. Tiger fangs project upward, assuming a terrifying wrathful form. Lightning, thunder, smoke, and fire form his majestic aura. His body is exceedingly huge. Beneath his feet, an earth-goddess deva supports his feet with both hands).