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Lokapāla (Sanskrit: लोकपाल, Tibetan: འཇིག་རྟེན་སྐྱོང་བ, Wylie: 'jig rten
skyong ba), Sanskrit, Pāli, and
Tibetan for "guardian of the world", has different...
- Śrī Mahārāja
Rakai Kayuwangi Dyah
Lokapāla Śrī Sajjanotsavatuṅga was the
seventh monarch of the
Mataram Kingdom of
Central Java
period (commonly referred...
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regarded as the
regent of the
north (Dikpala), and a
protector of the
world (
Lokapala). His many
epithets extol him as the
overlord of
numerous semi-divine species...
- In Hinduism, the
guardians of the
cardinal directions are
called the
Lokapālas (लोकपाल), or Dikpalaka.
Three main
distinctions of
Dikpalaka are recognized...
- spirits" and
lokapala did not. Tang
dynasty tomb
figures of Liu Tingxun: Two
earth spirits in front, two
lokapala behind Pair of
unglazed lokapala Pair of...
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Guardians of the Law.
There are two
kinds of dharmapala,
Worldly Guardians (
lokapala) and
Wisdom Protectors (jnanapala). Only
Wisdom Protectors are enlightened...
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likely started by
Rakai Pikatan and
inaugurated by his
successor King
Lokapala. Some
historians that
adhere to dual
dynasty theory suggest that the construction...
- as
guardians at the
entrance gate. In Tibet, Vaiśravaṇa is
considered a
lokapāla or dharmapāla in the
retinue of Ratnasambhava. He is also
known as the...
- (forefathers),
Naraka (****), or to be
reborn on the earth. Yama is one of the
Lokapalas (guardians of the realms),
appointed as the
protector of the
south direction...
- positions. In the 9th-century
Prambanan temple,
Central Java, high
reliefs of
Lokapala devatas, the
guardians of
deities of the directions, are found. The largest...
