Virūpākṣa
Sign in to saveVirūpākṣa (Sanskrit; Pali: Virūpakkha; traditional Chinese: 廣目天王; simplified Chinese: 广目天王; pinyin: Guǎngmù Tiānwáng; Japanese: 広目天 Kōmokuten) is a major deity in Buddhism. He is one of the Four Heavenly Kings and a dharmapala.
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- Virūpākṣa
- Buddha.image
- 広目天, Virūpākṣa, Heian period, Jōruri-ji.jpg
- Buddha.caption
- Statue of Virūpākṣa. Jōruri-ji, Japan.
- Buddha.sanskrit_name
- विरूपाक्ष Virūpākṣa
- Buddha.pali_name
- Virūpakkha
- Buddha.burmese_name
- ဝိရူပက္ခနတ်မင်း (Romanization: "Wirupakkha Nat Min")
- Buddha.chinese_name
- 廣目天王 (Pinyin: Guǎngmù Tiānwáng)
- Buddha.japanese_name
- 広目天 (romaji: Kōmokuten)
- Buddha.korean_name
- 광목천왕 (RR: Gwangmok Cheonwang)
- Buddha.tagalog_name
- Bilupaksa
- Buddha.thai_name
- ท้าววิรูปักษ์ Thao Wirupak
- Buddha.tibetan_name
- སྤྱན་མི་བཟངWylie: spyan mi bzangTHL: Chen Mi Zang
- Buddha.vietnamese_name
- Quảng Mục Thiên Vương
- Buddha.sinhalese_name
- විරූපාක්ෂ
- Buddha.veneration
- Theravāda (Ātānātiya Sutta) (Mahāsamāya Sutta) Mahāyāna (Golden Light Sutra) (Lalitavistara Sūtra) (Lotus Sutra) (Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra)
- Buddha.attributes
- Guardian of the West
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8 sectionsContents
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- Theravāda
- China
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- See also
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Virūpākṣa (Sanskrit; Pali: Virūpakkha; traditional Chinese: 廣目天王; simplified Chinese: 广目天王; pinyin: Guǎngmù Tiānwáng; Japanese: 広目天 Kōmokuten) is a major deity in Buddhism. He is one of the Four Heavenly Kings and a dharmapala.
==Names== The name Virūpākṣa is a Sanskrit compound of the words virūpa (ugly; deformed) and akṣa (eyes). Buddhaghosa interpreted virūpa as also meaning "various", which lends to the understanding that Virūpākṣa is endowed with clairvoyance. Other names include: Traditional Chinese: 廣目天王; simplified Chinese: 广目天王; pinyin: Guǎngmù Tiānwáng; Korean: 광목천왕 Gwangmok Cheonwang; Vietnamese: Quảng Mục Thiên Vương, a calque of Sanskrit Virūpākṣa Traditional Chinese: 毘楼博叉; pinyin: Bílóubóchā; Japanese: Birubakusha; Korean: 비류박차 Bilyubagcha; Tagalog: Bilupaksa; Vietnamese: Tỳ Lưu Bác Xoa. This is a transliteration of the original Sanskrit name. , THL Chen Mi Zang, "Ugly Eyes", a calque of Sanskrit '' Thao Wirupak is an honorific plus the modern pronunciation of Pali Virūpakkha.
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