The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1420 page)

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Mah
dev
(the Goddess in India):
see
DEV
.
Mah
k
la
(Skt., ‘great-time’). A name of
iva
in his destructive aspect; he also represents death. Mah
k
la is one of the eight deities known as the Terrible Divinities, also venerated by the Mongols as ‘protector of the tent’ (
gur-gyi-mgnon-po
). In the Buddhist pantheon Mah
k
la is reduced to being a doorkeeper of Buddha's temple.

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