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'''Guardians of the ten directions''' (''phyogs skyong bcu''): | [[image:Vaishravana-1.jpg|frame|'''Vaishravana - Guardian of the North''']] | ||
'''Guardians of the ten directions''' (Tib. ཕྱོགས་སྐྱོང་བཅུ་, ''chokkyong chu'', [[Wyl.]] ''phyogs skyong bcu''): | |||
#[[Indra]] in the east; | #[[Indra]] in the east; | ||
#Yamaraja in the south; | #[[Yama|Yamaraja]] in the south; | ||
#Varunapati (Water God) in the west; | #Varunapati (Water God) in the west; | ||
#Vaishravana in the north; | #[[Vaishravana]] in the north; | ||
#Agnideva (Fire God) in the south-east; | #Agnideva (Fire God) in the south-east; | ||
#Nairptah in the south-west; | #Nairptah in the south-west; | ||
#Vayudeva (Wind God) in the north-west; | #Vayudeva (Wind God) in the north-west; | ||
#Ishvani in the north-east; | #Ishvani in the north-east; | ||
#Brahma at the zenith (above); and | #[[Brahma]] at the zenith (above); and | ||
#Bhumipati (Earth Goddess) at the nadir (below). | #Bhumipati (Earth Goddess) at the nadir (below). | ||
==Internal Links== | |||
*[[Four Great Kings]] | |||
[[Category:Gods and demons]] | |||
[[Category:Enumerations]] | [[Category:Enumerations]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:10-Ten]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:58, 29 November 2017
Guardians of the ten directions (Tib. ཕྱོགས་སྐྱོང་བཅུ་, chokkyong chu, Wyl. phyogs skyong bcu):
- Indra in the east;
- Yamaraja in the south;
- Varunapati (Water God) in the west;
- Vaishravana in the north;
- Agnideva (Fire God) in the south-east;
- Nairptah in the south-west;
- Vayudeva (Wind God) in the north-west;
- Ishvani in the north-east;
- Brahma at the zenith (above); and
- Bhumipati (Earth Goddess) at the nadir (below).