namaskaram NYK ji :namaste
within buddhiam there are many forms of Mahakala the form I am most familiar with is the six armed wrathfull form of the peacefull Chenreizig (Avelokitesvara)the bodhisatva of compassion .
in visualisation practice we are taught to envisage peacefull Chenreizig sitting on a lotus seat , mala in hand gently turning and chanting for the benifit of mankind .
upon seeing the suffering in the world chenreizig malla begins to turn faster and faster and his white figure begins to turn dark untill his peacfull form takes on the wrathfull form of Mahakala and Chenreizig's crystal mala turns into a mala of furiously whorling skulls , one hand holds the damaru , the double headed drum which emits the primordial sound of the universe which arrouses us from the sleep of ignorance , the tricdent represents the three jewels buddha dharma and sanga and a noose for capturing those who have strayed from dharma , the central hands hold the skull cap and kalpa knife which represent the severing of ignorance and obsticals . ...thus he is the destroyer of ignorance .
You people are attached.