- Protectors:
Worldly -
images at
Himalayan Art
Resources Lokapalas and
caturmaharajikas -
Lokapalas and
caturmaharajikas in rock
carvings at
Chilas and Thalpan...
- Śrī Mahārāja
Rakai Kayuwangi Dyah
Lokapāla Śrī Sajjanotsavatuṅga was the
seventh monarch of the
Mataram Kingdom of
Central Java
period (commonly referred...
- In Hinduism, the
guardians of the
cardinal directions are
called the
Lokapālas (लोकपाल), or Dikpalaka.
Three main
distinctions of
Dikpalaka are recognized...
- beings. In
Tibetan Buddhism,
there are two
other classes of defender, the
lokapālas and
Kshetrapala Papiya. Guan Yu and
Hachiman are also
known as defenders...
-
Kings that can be seen in
Korean Buddhist temples originated from the
Lokapālas. Also Skanda,
Daeyejeok Geumgang, Sakra, Yama and
Brahma were worshipped...
- with
statues and
reliefs of
devatas and
brahmin sages. The
figures of
lokapalas, the
celestial guardians of directions, can be
found in
Shiva temple....
- (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...
- of the
threshold to the shrine. Some
larger sites may have had four (
lokapālas,
guardians of the four
cardinal directions), eight, or 12. In some cases...
-
Brahma (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मा, IAST: Brahmā) is a
Hindu god,
referred to as "the Creator"
within the Trimurti, the
trinity of
supreme divinity that includes...
- Three" (Trayatrimsa), the four
Lokapalas ("guardians of the world"), and
goddesses like
Lakshmi and Hariti. The four
lokapalas are also
known as the Four...
